WHY OPTIMISM WORKS (PODCAST)
Modern studies have shown that there is much to be gained by being optimistic, and much to be lost by wallowing in pessimism. Rabbi Dunner cites a Rashi towards the end of the Exodus narrative that finds this idea embedded at the heart of our most important nation-founding narrative.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov embraces diplomacy eith Esav while Shimon and Levi choose confrontation with Shechem. What determines the difference? Rabbi Dunner explores the... Read More