Posts Tagged: Chayei Sarah parsha
In an Era of Con Artists, the Torah Instructs Us to Hold Onto Our Integrity
The year was 1820, and London’s high society was abuzz with the arrival of a dashing new personality. General Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish war hero with a...
How a Close Reading of the Torah Helps Us Understand Human Nature
Narratives are subjective. We say things that often don’t tell the whole story, and even disguise our true intentions. Sometimes, the discrepancy is intentional. Sometimes...
We Must Look to the Future, and Move on From the Past
He was 137 years old. He had been through two traumatic events involving the people most precious to him in the world. The first involved...
The Kindness of Strangers, and the Origin of ‘Loving-Kindness’
In 1966 an 11-year-old black boy moved with his parents and family to a white neighbourhood in Washington. Sitting with his two brothers and two sisters...
