Don’t contradict yourself. It’s either A or not A. The law of the excluded middle. A thing is itself, and…
Category: God
Boundaries by Design: Gevurah
Sephirat Ha’Omer: seven weeks of spiritual practice, taking account of the elements – the sephirot — of spirit. Remember the…
Limits of Rationalism (Vayikra)
God tells Moshe: people will bring offerings: cattle, goats, sheep, birds, grain. Make sure Aaron and his crew know how…
I Asked for Wonder
Imagination, wonder, amazement. Attitudes that add zest to our lives — and train us in spiritual sight and insight. How can…
How Should We Pray? (Ki Tisa)
Moses said to God, “Please show me your ways, that I may know you – and see that this nation…
Is Torah an Image of God?
How does God wish to be seen? Torah’s answer to the question is ambiguous. In the book of Genesis we meet…
Inter-spiritual picnic (Mishpatim)
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders ascended. They saw the God of Israel, and…
Philo's Commandments (Yitro)
The purpose of Torah, says first-century Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, is to teach that the essence of a human…
God is Breaking Through (Va'era)
I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai [Almighty God], but I did not make Myself known to…