Posts Tagged: maimonides
Maimonides Leaves Lasting Legacy on Modern Medical Practice
JNS.org -Doctors around the world hold in high regard the writings and manner of care of medieval philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides ("Rambam"), whose teachings have...
Of Love and Hate
At the center of the mosaic books is Vayikra (Leviticus). At the centre of Vayikra is the "holiness code" (chapter 19) with its momentous...
Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot (Torah portions) of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions of "impurity" arising...
Isaac Stern and the 10,000 Hours Rule
Legend has it that famed violinist Isaac Stern (1920-2001) was once confronted after a concert by an admirer who said the following to him:...
Is Abortion in Christianity Based on a Mistranslation of the Bible?
For four decades abortion has dominated the social values-debate in America and deeply divided our nation into factions of pro-life and pro-choice. This year Republicans...
Parenting in Judaism: Learning from Abraham
The call to Abraham, with which (the Bible portion of) Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: "Leave your land, your birthplace, and your father's...
The Greatness in Humility
There is a fascinating detail in the passage about the king in this week's parsha. The text says that "When he takes the throne...
The Politics of Freedom
Having set out the broad principles of the covenant, Moses now turns to the details, which extend over many chapters and several parshiyot. ...
Why is the Jewish People So Small
Near the end of Va'etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it, is a statement with such far reaching implications that it...
Maimonides The Financial Adviser
The brochure of the Jerusalem-based Israel Free Loan Association (IFLA) is filled with photos of its smiling recipients and their success stories. Anna Carmi,...
The Fear of Freedom
The episode of the spies has rightly puzzled commentators throughout the centuries. How could they have got it so wrong? The land, they...
The Atheist Passover Seder With Christopher Hitchens
It may surprise you to hear that foremost atheist and anti-theist Christopher Hitchens made a seder and even required his daughter to attend. In a...
The Apple Menorah (VIDEO)
Hannukah is a symbol of Jewish renewal and the struggle for freedom, this year like many years before, in the center of New York...
The Cosmological Argument
In my various interactions with atheists I am often informed that there is "no evidence" for the existence of a God (or gods as...
