A pilgrimage to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital is a prerequisite for anyone considering a career which involves chesed. On second thought, it is a prerequisite to being a compassionate human being. If you are looking for a model of compassionate care and
In the first Morasha shiur, we discussed basic questions of faith in God, Torah sources about national devastation, Jewish explanations for such suffering, and how the Holocaust was a preparation for a burgeoning of Jewish life. This second shiur looks at the Jews who were caught in the horrors of the Holocaust and demonstrated an... Read more »
The question of faith in God after the Holocaust has challenged thinking people for decades. The search for theological meaning for the destruction that descended upon the Jews of Europe is not a simple matter. Even if one intellectually grasps the reasons for the existence of suffering in this world, a sensitive heart still finds... Read more »
Two mega-principles central to the daily life of every Jew, yet not necessarily well-known, are Kiddush Hashem – the precept of sanctifying the Name of God, and Chillul Hashem – the corresponding prohibition of profaning or desecrating His Name. As this class will illustrate, Kiddush Hashem is defined as the promotion of God in the... Read more »
