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I Hate Sukkah (in a Good Way)

Yom ha'Kippurim 5778: Vidui Yom ha'Kippurim

Parashas Shoftim: How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha

The Four Phases of Learning a Sefer in Nach

Parashas Re'eh: When Mitzvos Are Curses

Parashas Eikev: What is Yiras Hashem (Fear of God)?

Mishlei 17:13 - Mishleic Karma

The Harmful Notion of the "Jewish Soul"

Parashas Vaeschanan: Which Souls Were at Sinai?

Mishlei 19:18 - Childish Parenting (and a Teaching Tip)

Tishah b'Av 5777: Adam ha'Rishon and Tishah b'Av

Tishah b'Av 5777: Hashem's Tzedakah and Our Shame

Rambam: On Not Citing Sources

Devarim: Abravanel's Bold Approach to Sefer Devarim

Bruce Lee: The Emergence of Styles

Mishlei 11:1 - How to Neutralize the Yetzer ha'Ra

Why I Write

Bears, Veils, and the Bubble of Judaism

Haftaras Masei: Yirmiyahu's Rebuke of Chachamim

Bruce Lee: The Instinct to Follow and Imitate

Mishlei 16:1 - The Illusion of Communication Control

Acts of Hashem in Mishlei

Krishnamurti: On Listening

Parashas Pinchas: Making Meaning of Mussafim

Is Judaism a Religion? (Version 2.0)

Mishlei 12:19 - The Temporary Nature of Lies

National Teshuvah Gemurah

Rambam: On the Art of Translation

Parashas Balak: The Appeal of Baal Peor (and Darwin)

Four Levels of Reading

Mishlei 14:10 - True Empathy

Truman: On Kavod ha'Torah and Kavod ha'Briyos

בס"ד vs. בג"ה

Parashas Chukas: Moshe Rabbeinu's Sin

My Gemara Rebbi's Advice to the Graduates of 2012

Mishlei 17:1 - Meat of Conflict

Adler: On Teaching and Learning

A Visual Representation of Science and Torah

Parashas Korach: What Happened to Korach?

Mishneh Torah as a Mirror of Self-reflection

Mishlei 16:18 - Pride Goeth Before the Fall

"Are Mitzvos Arbitrary?" or "The Pillow Mashal"

Rambam: On the Reasons for Mitzvos

Parashas Korach: Judaism's Take on Egalitarianism

Parashas Shelach: Unity in Israel and in the Written Torah

The Rav's Description of the Mesorah Experience

The Mishleic Spectrum: A Glossary of Mishlei Personalities

The Responsibility of Teaching Unpopular Truths

"Everything in This Class is About Reality!"

Parashas Behaalosecha: Trumpets, Shofar, and Rosh ha'Shanah

Neglecting the Thinkers of the Past

Musings on "The Academic Approach"

On Interpreting "Miracle Stories" in the Talmud

How to Explain the Oral Torah to the Uninitiated

Parashas Naso: Birkas Kohanim Kavanah Primer (Version 2.2)

Shavuos is NOT About Matan Torah

Mikdash, Moadim, and Tzedakah

Parashas Bamidbar: Click HERE to See the a Picture of the REAL Aron ha'Kodesh!