Posts Tagged: Bereishit parsha
The Faith of God Is His Faith in Us
In stately prose, the Torah's opening chapter describes the unfolding of the universe as the effortless creation of a single creative force. Repeatedly we read, “And God said,...
The True Mystery of Judaism Is God’s Faith in Us
There is a deep question at the heart of Jewish faith, and it is very rarely asked. As the Torah opens, we see God creating...
UNESCO, Israel, Cain and Abel
Kol hapossel bemumo possel is an old rabbinic refrain. Roughly translated, it means that those who criticize others are usually criticizing faults they possess themselves. Modern psychology has a word for...
Judaism Is a Religion of Listening, Not Seeing
What exactly was the first sin? What was the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil? Is this kind of knowledge a bad thing --...
