Emotional Empathy versus Rational Empathy
Seeing God, R. Akiva, Moshe, Theodicy, Tzadik VeRa Lo, Parshat Shmot, Ki Tisa, Shavuot
R. Akiva
International Relations -as learned from Yaakov and Eisav
Politics, Ancient Israel, Modern Israel, Rebbi, Antoninus, R. Y. ben Zakkai, R. Akiva, Mordechai, Haman, Jacob and Esau, Parshat Vayishlach
Four Entered Pardes – Excursion into why bad things happen to good people
Four Entered Pardes – Excursion into why bad things happen to good people, R. Akiva, Elisha Ben Abuyeh, Tzadik V’Ra Lo
Hope on Seder Night
R. Akiva, Bnei Brak, Shma, Everything God Does, Kol D’Avid Rachmana, Pesah, Shabbat Hagadol
Right and Left
Compliance with Legal Authority, Personal Opinion, Public Conduct, Tanur Achnai, R. Eliezer, R. Yehoshua, Raban Gamliel, R. Akiva, Parshat Shoftim
Between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah
Mutuality between Written and Oral Torah, R. Akiva, Moshe, Shavuout, Parshat Behar