http://www.innerstream.ca/blog Insights into Torah, the weekly Parsha, Holidays & Life Cycle Events. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:51:42 -0500 Shoftim Blogware Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2010/8/9/4600533.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2010/8/9/4600533.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:55:08 -0400 If only teachers were permitted to teach... Shoftim learning Discipline love Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2009/8/16/4289769.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2009/8/16/4289769.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:06:56 -0400 If we could set up a Torah Theocracy would you prefer it to democracy? Shoftim Democracy Bribery Elections Lobbying Specialinterestgroups Torah Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2008/8/30/3862091.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2008/8/30/3862091.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:06:53 -0400 Seven Thoughts for Seven Days Shoftim Torah Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2007/8/12/3153754.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2007/8/12/3153754.html Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:19:42 -0400 If rabbis today are invested with the same authority as rabbis of old, why don't contemporary rabbis repeal ancient laws that seem outdated to contemporary needs? Shoftim Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/31/2184230.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2006/7/31/2184230.html Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:03:34 -0400 A mother and son in a concentration camp. The boy is directed to the gas chamber, she is sentenced to life. She watches her child, forlorn and alone, as he walks to his death. Should she reject life to embrace her child or abandon her child to embrace life? Shoftim Unity Israel