10 Aug 23 Reb Arie New Traditions Form New Traditions Form The rabbis surveyed above (in More Ashes on Fire) represent broadly different…
7 Aug 23 Reb Arie Sefer Hamitzvot 9 9 Attribute holiness to G!d’s Name The Hebrew idea of holiness includes sanctity, but we…
3 Aug 23 Reb Arie Old Traditions Adapt Old Traditions Adapt These religious leaders truly fascinate. Of the five profiles here, all but…
31 Jul 23 Reb Arie Sefer Hamitzvot 8 8 Emulate G!dly ways This follows from the hard lesson I learned all those years…
27 Jul 23 Reb Arie New Traditions Adopt New Traditions Adopt The rabbis on this list represent two new traditions (Reconstructionist, Renewal) and…
20 Jul 23 Reb Arie Know that God Exists Shmot [Exodus] 20:2. Know that God exists. That is the principal mitzva of the affirmative…
13 Jul 23 Reb Arie Tradition: Adopt or Adapt? Tradition: Adopt or Adapt? Arthur Greene, former president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, asserts that…
29 Jun 23 Reb Arie Love God means love yourself and others Dvarim [Deuteronomy] 6:4 Love God. How do you command love? Translation is part of this…
22 Jun 23 Reb Arie Pray to God Shmot [Exodus] 23:25 Pray to God. This is not the same thing as worship, which…
15 Jun 23 Reb Arie Acknowledge awe in the presence of divinity Dvarim [Deuteronomy] 6:13 Acknowledge awe in the presence of Divinity. You can certainly command fear:…