Redemption in Slow Motion
Sukkot reminds us that we need to cherish every step on the road to redemption.
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York.
Sukkot reminds us that we need to cherish every step on the road to redemption.
The greatest gifts are the ones you carry in your heart.
There is a dark side to a culture that focuses on winners; it changes the way we see the losers of life, the weak and the powerless.
Eglah Arufah is an atonement for the innocent, a way of recognizing that guilt feelings have profound meaning as well.
It is difficult to disagree with fundamentalists. They don the mantle of authenticity, and claim to have all of the answers.
It is in situations of tragedy that gratitude moves from being an ordinary moral obligation to a heroic act of personal transformation.
We spend more time emphasizing consolation than grief, because consolation is a far more challenging task.
Peace is not just another halachic obligation; it is a moral foundation of Judaism.