Harvest Festival or Matan Torah? Shavuos As Our Anniversary
Many have raised the question of why the Torah fails to mention the giving of...
Pesach Implications for Israel’s Societal Battles
The freedom we celebrate on Seder Night is not the personal liberty so cherished in...
Choosing Joy in the Dark
The days of Purim teach us a different kind of joy — distinct from the...
“Own Your Life”: An Optimistic Teshuvah
Teshuvah is not an attempt at forgetting the past and becoming a "new person." It...
The Redemption Process of Shir HaShirim
Shir HaShirim does not portray a story of passive romance, in which a helpless girl...
The Purim Secret of Powerless Joy
Purim celebrates not redemption or achievement, but salvation from a catastrophe that left the Jewish...
The Yom Kippur Fast: Between Suffering and Hope
Though we deny ourselves food and drink, Yom Kippur is not a day of suffering....
Yom HaShoah: On Heroism and Hod
Rather than impose artificial ceremonies or culturally distant rituals, rather than endless cycles of anguish...
The Cost of Salvation
The moments we are privileged to experience today are not merely segments in the historical...
Key Lessons of the Sukkos Harvest: Gratitude, Trust, Joy
By contrast with Pesach, Sukkos is a festival of enjoying the present rather than commemorating...
