Divorce Over Infertility?
R. Soloveitchik’s Philosophy of Halacha, Love, Mitzvah, Parshat Toldot, DRASH
Parshat Toldot
Why Am I Alive
Four “Why”s, Rivka, Eisav, Camus, Existentialism, Parshat Toldot, DRASH ONLY
Jacob & Esau: Same and Other
Jacob, Esau, Levinas, Totality and Infinity, Ethics, Parshat Toldot, Vayetze, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Miketz, Vayigash, Vayehi, Shavuot
The Mission of Eretz Yisrael
Yitzhak’s Wells, Land of Israel, Delegating Mitzvot, Parshat Toldot, DRASH
To Turn a Blind Eye
Abrahamic Mission, Aveira Lishma, Power, Politics, Parshat Toldot
Values in a Bowl of Lentils
Yaakov, Eisav, Death of Avraham, Seudat Havraah, 5 sins, Parshat Toldot, Bereishit, Beshalach, Zot HaBracha, Simhat Torah
It’s Complicated
Tikun Olam, Man of Field, Man of Tent, Parshat Toldot
Prophecy as the Goal
Prophecy, Creativity, Yetzer Hara of Idolatry, Parshat Toldot, Behaalotcha, 13 Principles #6
Atheism – On Christopher Hitchens’ “God is Not Great”
Atheism, Creation, Big Bang, Evolution, Reason v. Revelation, Gadol Hametzuveh, Shavuot, Parshat Toldot,Theism&History
Yaakov & Eisav: Existential Archetypes
Species Man, Man Of God, Adam I, Adam II, Existentialism, Parshat Toldot