On Kicking the Sukkah
The Talmud tells a fascinating end of days story in which the nations of the world are tested as to their ability to accept God’s will. The test is to dwell in a Sukkah. What can we learn from their response?
Aesthetics
To Apprehend God – Through The Hannuka Candles
“And we are not allowed to make use of them”, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Hannukah
Beautifying Mitzvot
Hiddur, Beauty, Aesthetics, Religious Experience, Parshat Beshalach, Shevii Shel Pesah
A Woman’s Voice
Kol Isha, halacha, leadership, music, sensuality, aesthetics, Parshat Beshalach, Shevii Shel Pesah
Tree and Tower – On Pleasure, Power and Purpose
Aesthetics, Ethics, Intellect, Sin, Conversation, Innovation, Parshat Noah
Trees as Symbol of the power of the Aesthetic
Beauty, Aesthetics, Trees, Sin, Parshat Bereishit
On the Tabernacle, the Golden Calf, and Aesthetics
Aesthetics, Synagogue, Temple, Parshat Ki Tisa, Terumah, Tetzaveh, Vayakhel, Pekudim
The Child Within
Wonderment, Aesthetics, Beauty, Sublime, Nature, Parshat Lech Lecha, Toldot, Shoftim
Art for God’s Sake – Between Idol Worship and Aesthetics
Art, Aesthetics, Avoda Zara, Betzalel,Morality, Ethics, Sculpture, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei, Yitro
Rav’s Beautiful Ratio – An Excursion into Aesthetics
Proportions, Phi, Golden Ratio, Shlish,ShneiShlish, Aesthetics, Tzitzit