THE GEOMETRIC EFFECT OF YAVNEH
Rabbi Dunner shares a strange anecdote from Talmud Yerushalmi, referencing a pasuk in Parshat Chukkat. How does Rabbi Yehoshua ben Kabsoi resolve a lifelong difficulty with this pasuk via the yeshiva in Yavneh that was established by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai? Rav Meir Shapira of Lublin offers a beautiful explanation.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GRANDCHILDREN
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Why do grandparents relate so differently to their grandchildren? Modern neuroscience, Chassidic thought, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks converge on an ancient insight. In Parshat... Read More