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In talking about cognition you need to talk about epistemology, the branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge: how do you know what you know? We talked about the scale of cognition as ranging from skepticism on the left hand end of the scale, which posits you can

Mondays can be challenging. As the first day back to work, it requires us to leave behind our relaxing weekends and jump back into the grind. Making matters worse, we have to reestablish routines that got interrupted by the relative serenity of Saturday and Sunday. No wonder some

Rabbi Dovid Sapirman’s book Emunah: A Refresher Course serves two distinct roles. It is on the one hand a terrific compilation of some of the clearest rationales for believing in Yiddishkeit, concisely and lucidly presented. This author, like many others, found it an enjoyable and enlightening read.

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” Albert Schweitzer In his bestselling book Drive (pp. 154-155), author Dank Pink references a 1962 conversation between Congresswoman Claire Boothe Luce and President John F. Kennedy. Sensing

(The first line of President Roosevelt’s famous Infamy Speech delivered to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1942, the day after Japan’s attack on the United States. The speech was broadcast live by radio and attracted the largest audience in US radio history, with over 81 percent of American homes tuning in to... Read more »

A recent report from the US Department of Labor confirms what many of us already suspect. Employee productivity is on the decline, with increases in email to respond to, web surfing, daily meetings, and poor management partly to blame (though meetings and idea sharing, while not productive per se, can and often do yield positive... Read more »

Jews around the world are shocked to hear about the horrific synagogue shooting that took place in Pittsburgh this Shabbat that claimed the innocent lives of eleven people. There are no words that can express the communal devastation felt throughout the entire city of Pittsburgh. In fact, ahead of their game on Sunday, the local NFL team... Read more »

I walked out of synagogue with my five-year-old yesterday afternoon to find a local (Passaic, NJ) police officer stationed out front. It was then that I learned about the awful tragedy that took the lives of 11 Jewish men in Pittsburgh earlier in the day.

In Parshas Va’eira, God sends Moshe and Aaron to warn Pharaoh in advance of each of the first seven plagues to free Bnei Yisroel from Mitzraim. Since Pharaoh refused to send out the Jewish people after each of the first five plagues, God then withdrew Pharaoh’s free will and sent the

Dear Talmid, I was delighted to get your letter asking for hadracha in your learning. The fact that you are asking for hadracha is in itself the greatest step towards recharging your drained spiritual batteries. Mori v’rebbi Rav Moshe Shapira zt”l once asked me, “Why should I fly to

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Jewish Epistemology

How to Get Back into a Routine

To Instill or to Instruct: The Case Against “Emunah Education”

What’s Your One Sentence?

A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

13 “S” Tips to Become More Productive

A Collection of Jewish Insights Immediately Following the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

No Words: #pittsburghshooting #jewishstrong

2 Free Morasha Syllabus Shiurim on Free Will for Parshas Va’eira

An Open Letter to any Overwhelmed Rabbi

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