Sy Syms & Passover

Mar 29, 2015 | by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Lessons on freedom from a departed entrepreneur.

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Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

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Rabbi Yaakov Salomon, C.S.W. is a noted psychotherapist, in private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y. for over 25 years. He is a Senior Lecturer and the Creative Director of Aish Hatorah's Discovery Productions. He is also an editor and author for the Artscroll Publishing Series and a member of the Kollel of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath.

Rabbi Salomon is co-author, with Rabbi Noah Weinberg, of the best selling book "What the Angel Taught You; Seven Keys to Life Fulfillment," (Mesorah), and is also the co-producer of the highly-acclaimed film, "Inspired."

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Comments (2)

(2) SusanE, April 6, 2015 6:31 PM

Choices.

We are only free if we can make choices. Thank you Rabbi. Wonderful advice.

(1) Dvirah, April 1, 2015 4:21 PM

Degrees of Freedom

In physics there is a concept called "degrees of freedom" (DOF). Basically, this is the number of different "options" (states) open to a system. For example, if we a talking about a marble, it may be the number of directions in which the marble can move. If the marble is confined to a groove and can only move back and forth, it has 2 DOFs. If it lies on table and can move in a plane, DOF = 4, and so on.

We can make an analogy and say that the greater the number of options available to any person, the freer that person is. In our democratic societies, people have very many choices. Unlike the marble, we also have the ability to choose consciously.