Toldot: Like father like son
Like father like son, an idiom rooted in the words of Ezekiel (44:16), “like mother like daughter,” describes a child […]
Chayei Sarah: Consistency in Education
Consistency is the most important part of education. Children need to hear the same message from their teachers, parents, coaches,
Vayera: The Moral Sense
The moral sense is the innate human conviction that kindness and fairness are good, and cruelty is bad. We can’t
Lech L’cha: True Faith
True faith is not easy to come by. Abraham possessed true faith, but most people in his generation were incapable
Noach: Public Policy
Public policy must be established on principle, not empathy, says Paul Bloom, a psychology professor at Yale and author of
Bereshit: Human Centric
For millennia it was believed that the world is human centric, but science has slowly chipped away at this assumption.
Simchat Torah: No Break
On Simchat Torah we read the last passage of the Torah, but we don’t stop for even a moment when
Sukkot: From the Fast to the Party
The party begins on Sukkot. The first ten days of the year are somber. Rosh Hashanah is the day of