Shavuot: Nexus between Man and God
by Rabbi Ahron LopianskyHow Shavuot and its parallel facets of meaning represent the intertwining of God's omnipotence with man's free will.
How Shavuot and its parallel facets of meaning represent the intertwining of God's omnipotence with man's free will.
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God's seeming indifference is in fact an expression of His greatest gift to mankind.
Kurt Vonnegut and encounters with the Infinite source of existence.
Free choice is humanity's "greatest gift," a gift that itself makes life worth living.
Did Jewish mystical books inspire the Sorcerer's Stone legend?
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Harold Kushner's approach to suffering is profoundly un-Jewish and provides no solace to those in pain.
When "bad things happen to good people," by what standard does one define "bad"?
If morality and ethics are rendered meaningless, how's a principled atheist supposed to respond to injustice?
If Jews believe in a blissful afterlife, why does death cause us such inconsolable grief?
Tisha B'Av teaches that through pain and sadness, we can truly know pleasure and joy.
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One who sees only random forces behind why we humans find ourselves here is ultimately bound only by his wants.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.