Posts Tagged: Re’eh
The Good Society Is One Whose Leaders and People Behave Morally
Moses, having set out the prologue and preamble to the covenant and its broad guiding principles, now turns to the details, which occupy the greater...
How Can So Many in the Orthodox Community Refuse a Basic Education to Their Children?
Earlier this week, I briefly visited New York for a wedding -- and, once again, I came face-to-face with the controversy that continues to rage...
Parshat Re’eh: The Only Way to Be Happy Is to Share Happiness With Others
If we were to ask what key word epitomizes the society Jews were to make in the Promised Land, several concepts would come to mind:...
Parshat Re’eh: How Not to Be a Victim
I recently traveled to Toronto to meet Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. He has become an iconic intellectual for millions of young people, as well as...
The Limits of Grief in the Jewish Mourning Process
“You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, for you are...
The Unmatched Power of Joy
On October 14, 1663, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys paid a visit to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Creechurch Lane in the city of...
The Second Tithe and the Making of a Strong Society
Biblical Israel from the time of Joshua until the destruction of the Second Temple was a predominantly agricultural society. Accordingly, it was through agriculture that...
Defining Reality
One of the gifts of great leaders, and one from which each of us can learn, is that they frame reality for the group. They define...
