Listen If you begin to think that religion certainly was not given to man for the benefit of God, for he is perfect and exalted above all influences rising from man, you will certainly admit that religion exists in human ...

Listen We regret having to use pseudonyms for rabbis, for naming them would hold them accountable as individuals for their conduct.  Countless agunot, innocent of any wrongdoing but sentenced to years of loneliness and suffering, have been crying out in pain. ...

Listen “God is good to all, and His mercy is upon all His works” (Psalms 145:9). This verse is the touchstone of the rabbinic attitude toward animal welfare, appearing in a number of contexts in Torah literature. At first glance, ...

Listen For all these reasons, the honest conclusion must be that it is virtually impossible today to live in accordance with Jewish religious requirements if one is party to the consumption of animal products, especially in Western society; and that ...

Listen In any case, we cannot take this uncritical, “tolerant” attitude across the board. There are people who deny the Holocaust. Are their opinions worthy of respect? Surely not! Why not? Because they ignore all the evidence. Well, if there ...

Listen Other Torah and works that gentiles may study with benefit and without danger would include the Bible and works on the fundamentals of Torah faith, belief and ethical self-improvement by acknowledged rabbinical authorities, including…Rambam…Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzatto…Rabbi Shneur Zalman ...

Listen Childhood is said to be the happiest period in life. So it should be. Every child has the right to be born happy. The sunshine of love is as necessary to the development of the child’s nature as the ...

Listen In his essay “The Evolution of Childhood,” Lloyd DeMause reports: Infanticide during antiquity has usually been played down despite literally hundreds of clear references by ancient writers that it was an accepted, everyday occurrence. Children were thrown into rivers, ...

Listen When one attempts to make the transition, he should recall the famous dictum of the Beth Halevi: “Not all that is thought should be said, and not all that is said should be written, and not all that is ...

Listen One of the ways to develop faith is through working to draw those who are far from God closer.  If you are conscious that your eating habits are bad, the remedy is to give charity to the Tzaddik and to ...