Content on Holidays
Rethinking “Heroism”
This Hanukkah, so many of us are struggling with how we respond to not just a spiritual or intellectual war but an actual military war. How can we find the light?
What We Want Isn’t Always What We Need
Celebrating what we already have can allow us both to enjoy our blessings now and to build for the future.
Two Kinds of Darkness, Two Kinds of Light, Two Kinds of Torah
Sometimes Torah is a light powerful like the sun. But today, the light of Torah we need is more like the light of the moon.
Six Words for Life
As you walk forward into the new year of 5784, what six words will you speak on your journey?
What Is Awe?
In life, Yirah as Fear and Yirah as Wonder might feel like they are separate things. But they are, in fact, interconnected in the container that is Awe.
Sukkot, Water, and Oneness
Observing the rains and the water cycle led our ancestors to a new idea – that there was a unity to every form of water and every facet of the cycle.
Glimmers
Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. A glimmer is a micro-event that quickly brings us to wholeness and tranquility, by suddenly cuing up a memory of connection or awe.
Awe Is Our Way Out of Despair
How do we rediscover what we already know, that the world is awesome and full of wonder and that all of humanity shares in it together?
Ask the Rabb-AI
If our intelligence is the only characteristic that makes us human, it won’t be long now before the machines can beat us at that game. But human beings are more than just intelligence.
What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Humanity
Unlike the angels, who are programmed to be unerring, we can avail ourselves of the positive opportunity for change and growth.
What is Said and What is Heard
While we certainly smell and hear things we may not want, if we willfully direct our attention, hearing is something we control.
What Is a Human? Creation, Science and Humanity
We humans have to verbalize science to communicate, and we have to use words that have intellectual and emotional resonances.