Learning about the history of Hanukkah delves into what happens when fight or flight mode happens, especially from the Maccabees.
Learning about the history of Hanukkah delves into what happens when fight or flight mode happens, especially from the Maccabees.
In asking the question “Are we allowed to wear weapons on Shabbat?”, we can explore a rabbinic controversy between fashion and ferocity.
This story exemplifies how our rabbinic sages teach us about how we avoid using our words as fatal weapons and what happens when we fail.
The rabbinic treatment of the Cain and Abel story warns us about our inclinations towards violence and how we encounter others.
How far should one go to make peace? We can learn the answer to this from looking at stories of how Aaron makes peace.
Achieving true peace here on earth is a tremendous task which we can fully accomplish only when we have God pushing us to do so.
Learn about fury and fermentation, the concept that our anger could be spiritual hametz during Pesach and all year-round.
Reflecting on the idea that a tiny, fragile protuberance can make an entire ritual object unfit for use is absurd. Here’s what it teaches us.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein teaches us: human freedom is ineradicable and that our dignity is predicated upon our moral responsibility.