A Tzidkat Hatzadik for Lech Lecha (perek 80): The Roots and Remedies for the 3 Cardinal "Emotional" Sins; Entitlement Causes Anger; Obsessions Worms Its Way Into Routine; Ego And Ignoring Public "Applause"
10 Minute Rashi for Lech Lecha: Malki Tzedek Provides the Gameplan for Avraham; Building Yerushalayim and Religious Identity...Gradually; Bread and Wine...But not A Korban; The Heroism of the Homefront
A Ramban for Lech Lecha: Preaching or Raising a Family to "Silently" Preach; The First World War; Four Promises About the Land of Israel; Settling Israel is a Gradual Process
A Neziv for Lech Lecha: Jewish Disunity is a Chillul Hashem; Avraham Compromises and is Also Generous; The Dual Metaphor of "Dust"; Jewish Population Size Oscillates
To Be Holy But Human #24: Torah of HaRav Amital/Lech Lecha: Taking Difficult Decisions for Pidyon Shevuyim/Releasing Hostages; Blending Jewish Particularism With Universalism; Simchat Torah Sicha (2005) in The Wake of Hurricane Katrina
To Be Holy But Human #23: Torah of HaRav Amital for Noach: A Yeshiva for Reshayim; The "Cost" of Sympathizing With The "Non- Righteous"; Finding Hashem on the First Floor, Not the Tower
Reclaiming Redemption for Noach: The Scientific Revolution and Redemption: The Year 1840; Israel as a Tech-Giant; Why is a Rainbow a Symbol for Hashem- Understanding the Physics
To Be Holy But Human #23: Torah of HaRav Amital for Noach: A Yeshiva for Reshayim; The "Cost" of Sympathizing With The "Non- Righteous"; Finding Hashem on the First Floor, Not the Tower
A Tzidkat Hatzadik for Noach: Introduction to Rav Tzadok's Thought; Religious Potential Within Sin; The Mabul and Har Sinai; The False Prophets of the First Mikdash
Sichat Mussar for Noach: Technological Advance and Religious Spirit; The Coming Tsunami of "AGI"; Holding Your Tongue; Difference Between Nibul Peh and Lashon "Naki"; Importance of Precise Language
A Neziv for Noach: Synthesizing "Ratzon Hashem" With Human Instinct; The West Will "Look" To Yerushalayim For Wisdom; Modern Progress and Redemption; Kings and Presidents Will Build Israel
A Ramban for Noach: Who Was Nimrod; Theological Confusion or Rebellion? ; The First Iron-Fisted Monarch; Did Trees Survive The Flood; Was Israel Flooded; Returning to Gan Eden
Torah of HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein for Noach: Excessive Leisure and the Generation of the Flood; Excellence is Contagious, So is Mediocrity; A Work Ethic is Essential For Human Character; The Three Factors in Choosing a Profession
10 Minute Rashi for Bereishit: Transitioning from Clans to Villages; Emergence of Political Structures; Power Corrupts Man; Power Leads to Hubris; Corrupt Leadership Filters Down to the Populace
10 Minute Rashi for Vezot Haberacha: The Shechinah Is Shoulder-Height; Hashem "Reporting' Back to the Avot that He "Fulfilled" His Commitments to Am Yisrael; "Will Power" Overcoming Natural Reluctance
10 Minute Rashi for Haazinu: Framing Sin as an "Impairment"; Which is More Difficult- Learning from the Past or Looking to the Future; 70 for 70; Returning Plundered Jewish Wealth; A Land in Mourning
Teshuva Thoughts #16: Erev Yom Kippur Shmooze to Talmidim 5786: Rosh Hashanah is an Ascent, Yom Kippur is a Descent; The Yom Kippur Triangle; Get "Past' The "Fast"
Teshuva Thoughts #13- Prepare for Yom Kippur: Seeing Through "Fantasy"; Taking Control; Yom Kippur Is More Than a Fast...It's Our Future; 3 Tips to Immerse in "The Day": Talk, Take Off (Your Watch) and Stay "in" Thursday