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Sara Y. Sapadin

Mar 26, 2018, 8:52 AM

On Stephen Hawking, Leviticus and the Search for Divinity

Stephen Hawking died nearly two weeks ago, at the age of 76. His passing leaves a black-hole sized void in the world of science, but his legacy will surely endure. Dr. Hawking sought to answer the most elemental questions...

William Hamilton

Mar 16, 2018, 6:42 PM

“When our first child was born in Brussels, he was whisked away to Intensive Care with a frighteningly low Apgar score” recalls writer David Brooks. “I remember thinking what would happen if our son died after just thirty minutes...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Mar 16, 2018, 1:38 PM

Should we be using the secular date?

When writing a check in Israel, one can choose to date it with the "Jewish" date (ex: 1 Nissan) or with the secular date (ex: March 1). But is the "Jewish" date really Jewish and if not then why...

Mar 16, 2018, 10:32 AM

Parashat Vayikra: What’s Your Calling?

Dear Students Who Walked Out of Class: March 14 was an important day in America. It was a day when you and your peers led with your heart and soul and told the world that something needs to change. You...

Mar 15, 2018, 9:06 PM

The call: What life wants from me

Illustrative: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks to present the Humanitarian Award to IsraAid's Meira Aboulafia at the TOI Gala at the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City, January 2015. (Blake Ezra/Courtesy)

You may have to follow paths that turn out to be false before you find your true vocation; I did (Vayikra)

Mar 14, 2018, 7:06 PM

“If-Then-When” Parashat Vayikra 5778

Parashat Vayikra is a sort of User’s Manual for a person who wants to bring a sacrifice. Each sacrifice is described in an “If-then” structure familiar to computer programmers: If {Sacrifice X} then {do Y}. For example, the first...

Mar 12, 2018, 4:08 PM

Parshat Vayikra and Rosh Chodesh Nisan

This parsha begins Sefer Vayikra (The Book of Leviticus; please consult any standard chumash) gets its name from the opening words; “vayikra”, which means “And He called.” The parsha discusses the five main korbanos brought by the people to...

Ariel Ben Avraham

Mar 11, 2018, 9:42 PM

Parshat Vayikra: The high priest in our consciousness

“And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven concerning whatsoever he does so as to be guilty thereby.” (Leviticus 5:26) We have referred to Leviticus as the book of the Torah about...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Mar 11, 2018, 3:38 PM

Vayikra: Vital Clear Communication

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion. -Rene Daumal There...

Mordechai Soskil

Apr 4, 2017, 9:48 PM

Neurosis or Holiness? It’s Hard to Tell.

My rebbe says that there are two types of people in the world; the type of people who divide all the people in the world into two categories and the type that doesn’t. With that in mind I think...

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