The Five Belts of Being Intellectual

How Can We Be Sure of Anything

In this age of information overload, how do we sort out the good from the bad? Here are powerful techniques to really "know what you know."

Sara Yoheved Rigler

The Challenges of Suffering

Choosing a response to adversity.

 

What is the Jewish view of Divine Providence?

Three classical Jewish approaches.

 

Q&A: Why Do Religious Jews Dress the Way They Do?

How clothes make the man.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Jewish โ€œFake Newsโ€

5 common misconceptions about Jews and Judaism.

 

How Judaism Defines God

How can finite beings talk about an infinite Creator?

What The Angel Taught You

Seven keys to life fulfillment.

Five Levels of Pleasure

Life is full of pleasures. But some are a quantum leap above the rest.

The ABC's of Judaism

Embedded deep in our consciousness is the knowledge of life's precious secrets. The key to access them is the ABCs.

4 Misconceptions Jews Have About Judaism

Exploring Judaism can mean un-learning mistaken ideas, as much as it means learning new ones.

The Meaning Of Life

Until you know what you are willing to die for, you have not yet begun to live.

The Long Road to Heaven

If God loves us, why did He place us in such a dark and evil world?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

18. Deed and Creed: Finale

In order for redemption to come, we must first open the door.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

17. Deeds of the Ancestors Foretell

Seeing a replay of the Jacob period of Jewish history in our time.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

16. Are We Close to the Messianic Era?

This world has a warranty, destined to expire.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

15. God's Goodness

A medicine may be bitter, but it is not bad.

14. God's Omnipotence

Would we rather limit Godโ€™s power, or limit His goodness?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

13. Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

Exploring the nature of suffering.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

12. Enjoy Life on This Earth

According to the effort is the reward.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

11. Life Above All

The result of observing mitzvot is good health.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

10. The Issue of Martyrdom

Three Jewish laws are better to die than to transgress.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

9. Lashes: Barbaric or Humane?

Jewish law regards jail as an inhumane punishment.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

8. Measure for Measure

God directly links a person's actions to the nature of the reward and punishment.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

7. The First Exception

Without God in the picture, morality is relative.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

6. Reward for a Mitzvah

God wants us to serve Him out of love.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

5. The Most Important Mitzvah

Removing one little piece may ruin the whole picture.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

4. Mechanics of Change

The Jew stands in self-judgment in an act of personal improvement.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

3. Original Sin

The path to spiritual wholeness, post-Adam and Eve.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

2. The Key to Change

Debunking the concept of vicarious atonement.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

1. Religion: Deed or Creed?

Exploring what is the definition of a โ€œgood Jew.โ€

29. Environmental Ethics

Sensitivity to animals helps develop greater sensitivity to people.

28. Learning from Relationships

Relationships provide the deepest insights into our connection with G-d.

27. Spiritual Metaphor

How the "props on the stage of life" help us connect with G-d.

26. The Illusion of Imperfection

G-d has to go out of His way to create a world with deficiencies.

25. Holding the Branch

Constant choices between perfection and imperfection.

24. A World of Choice

Dilemmas, challenges, confusion... our greatest pleasures in life!

23. The Pleasure of Choice

When we choose well, we should feel great about ourselves.

22. Free Will

Are human decisions based solely on predictable factors?

21. Emulating G-d

A shift in attitude can build a deep relationship with G-d.

20. The Ultimate Pleasure

Building a relationship with G-d.

19. Why did G-d Create?

G-d is in full control, constantly offering us pleasure.

18. The Garden of Pleasure

Every human activity is a pursuit of pleasure.

17. Created for Pleasure

Life, universe, and the purpose of everything.

16. The Purpose of Creation

What are you trying to attain?

15. One, Not Two

It is impossible for there to exist more than one G-d.

14. Review of Chapter One

The Ramchal's five key points.

13. Is G-d Spiritual?

G-d is not an angel, love or peace โ€“ any more than He is wood or stone.

12. Will We Ever Grasp G-d?

Some spiritual entities are bound by time, not space.

11. G-d's Expressions in This World

Which anthropomorphisms are appropriate?

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