You likely don’t recognize the name “Bill Watterson.” But you very likely recognize the names of his creations: mischievous five-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger,

We have clarified the hashkafa needed for the members of the Great Battalion. Hashem created us humans to uplift the rest of Creation in His

Our community must also reflect on our commitment to talmud Torah. This can only develop by practically strengthening our connection with learning at all levels,

What should our community look like in practice? How might the different pieces discussed in my previous columns — the lesson of Creation, the message

(Previously, we showed that Hashem gave us our national mission statement as part of the introduction to Matan Torah. In four words, Hashem charged us

Torah U’Parnasa The approach to secular wisdom described last week is different from what could be called “Torah u’parnasa,” which locates the value of secular

How is a person meant to develop the skills and proclivities they’ve identified as their unique package, allowing them to contribute to the “Mishkan” of

Over the past few months, we have discussed three fundamental questions: 1) What is the purpose of life? 2) What is my role in accomplishing

Once we’ve established the “values” approach to learning, how does that impact how one practically goes about his mitzvah of talmud Torah? The Gemara in

  This perspective on the nature and purpose of talmud Torah sheds light on a different feature of Judaism: the all-encompassing and nitty-gritty system of

Imagine you were approached as a consultant for a totally new community that was being developed. They have a number of important, fundamental questions that

Our overview of Bereishis and Shemos, focusing in on transformative moments in human history, touched on: Creation, the challenges that led to the Flood and