This essay explores the “Country versus Mother” moral dilemma by contrasting Jean Paul Sartre’s atheist perspective of individual choice in a moral vacuum with the Torah’s divine moral framework, which unequivocally concludes that national defense and community welfare override personal filial responsibilities in times of commanded war.
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?
Overarching theme of the four parshiot, Existentialism, Morality, Parshat Shekalim, Zachor, Para, Hodesh, DRASH
History, Morality, and Influence, Bereishit, Kedoshim, Ki Teitze, Shavuot
Tolerance, Diversity, Morality, Parshat Ekev, DRASH
Kapara, Atonement for Nothing, Teshuva, National Mission, Morality, Bigdei Serad,Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei, Shavuot
Saint, Purity, Hero, Morality, Temple, King, Parshat Vayetzei, Chayei Sarah, Compare to [369]
Art, Aesthetics, Avoda Zara, Betzalel,Morality, Ethics, Sculpture, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei, Yitro
