Why did education occupy such a central place in Jewish culture? What is missing in education today compared to its original Jewish form? First of all, it is important to be precise. It is not that education was important to…
Does nature have a plan for us and, if so, how can we discover where it is leading us? The answer is that nature is guiding each and every one of us to the realization that we have the ability…
Moving from hatred to love might seem impossible. How can a person who clearly hates today suddenly come to love tomorrow? It seems unrealistic, even fantastical. Yet such a transformation is entirely possible because we already live in states that…
Parents do not need someone to obligate them to do good things for their children or to provide them with a list of rules. Love leads them to constantly seek ways to benefit, help, and support their children. It was…
Most of us first encountered the story of Genesis in kindergarten and heard it again in school. Some regard it as a kind of legend, while others believe it happened exactly as described. Either way, beneath the surface lies an…
The Song of Songs is the greatest love song of all time. Beyond being deeply moving, it is also filled with hidden meanings. In an age when even films rarely portray true love, let us uncover one layer of the…
The story of Job, the biblical figure who suffered one blow after another, raises profound questions. Why do hardships befall us? Is it all random? What responses are most beneficial? The Book of Job raises the topic of good and…
One of the most striking discoveries of Ecclesiastes is that a person’s happiness is not found in wealth or possessions. The more we seek to acquire for ourselves, i.e., to fill ourselves with pleasures, the more our desires grow, and…
What was the principal sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? How is it connected to the state of society today? What must change if we are to avoid bringing destruction upon ourselves? It is said that the motto of Sodom was:…
The biblical account states that the Flood came because “the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long.” It also says that “all flesh had…
To understand the secret of Jerusalem, we must journey back to ancient Babylon. There begins the story of the people of Israel, the foundation of the nation. It was Abraham the Babylonian, a persistent seeker, who discovered that nature is…
At the very beginning, Abraham’s worldview was that all of nature is whole, circular, and unified. A single general force operates throughout it, called “nature” or “God.” Human beings exist within the system of nature, and it is worthwhile for…