Giving Charity Is Not Easy Business (Parashat Behar-Bechukotai)
Ethics are hardest when you are choosing between two "right" answers. This week's Torah portion speaks about one example of this phenomenon: figuring out how and when to give charity.
Engendering Passion For the Minutiae of Everyday Life (Parashat Tzav)
Sometimes we need to trick ourselves into finding enthusiasm for the mundane. What the removal of ashes in the Temple can teach us about zeal for the small things in life
Ibsen's A Doll's House teaches us that love and sacrifice often go together. Moses understood this as well, in his quest to save the Jewish people after they built the Golden Calf.
