The Rebbe’s prescription for getting close to Gd: mitzvahs.
For thousands of years, we have been exiled and forced out of our land. When we had no alternative or options, lacked the power and organization to enforce the rule of law we had no choice but to live as strangers in Exile. Now we have a country, laws, an army, and independence. We must use the rule of law to regain what is ours, our lands, our cultures, our basic human rights.
"It was in that moment that I was hit with the realization that this was a man who had never loved anyone."
A reflection on that moment between acceptance and speech
where for just a moment you question everything
Rachel's assignment? To cover the topic, “Why don’t we talk about Gd enough?”
This piece is part of the series, “Readers Take Over Hevria”. The topic assigned to me: “People who are on the most “Orthodox” end of Hevria’s religiosity spectrum (I guess I mean closer to Hareidi) to profile someone from a liberal movement whom they both love and admire, on a...
I spent a year with Chabad Hasidim in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I exulted, starkly disagreed, and considered glorious possibilities—often in the same moment.
Dear religious people, if you’re reading this, it may already be too late. Dear anti-religious people, if you’re reading this, it may already be too late. But let me share something with you both.
Elizabeth learns to "bridge worlds", and to reject the idea of different worlds being separate in the first place.
There is no magic bullet for making Jewish education universally available and affordable, but prioritizing it for our kids and ourselves is vital for our tradition.
