“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche In a moving video talk, comedian Michael Jr. describes the power of knowing your “why.” In it, he showed an audience a clip from a different event, in which he asked a member of that audience to sing
The NLE Morasha syllabus features a series of classes addressing the purpose of man in the world. These shiurim address fundamental principles of Jewish philosophy including the relationship of the body and the soul, free will, the centrality of chesed (loving kindness), hashgachah pratit (Divine providence) and striving to emulate God. However, these principles revolve... Read more »
Many of us look at ourselves and may not see anything special. From a Torah perspective this is incorrect. The Torah views each individual as vitally important and understands that each person’s role in life is completely unique and distinct. This shiur will help to point the way to making this idea real by helping... Read more »
The existence of the soul is one of the fundamental underpinnings of Judaism. The Torah teaches that God creates each person with a physical body and a Divine soul, and it is the soul that is the person’s essence. Just as we need to attend to our body’s physical needs, we need to nourish the... Read more »
