Haskel and Deah
Articles by Haskel and Deah
Wise Fridays: Self Improvement
If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow? –Rabbi Nahman ...
Wise Fridays: Fear of God
Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...
Wise Fridays: Learning to Lie
One should not promise a child something, and then not give it to him, because as a result, the child ...
Wise Fridays: The Perils of High Office
Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, “Assume that office,” my ...
Wise Fridays: Civilized Warfare
Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...
Wise Fridays: Men Follow Women
The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses, “Go speak to the daughters of Israel and ask them whether ...
Wise Fridays: Images of God
The images of God as lover, friend, companion, and co-creator are more appropriate metaphors for the God of the covenant ...
Wise Fridays: Why Jews Forget
The Jewish people were rebuked for having “having forgotten God, Who formed you†(D’varim 32:18). This forgetfulness is the principle ...
Wise Fridays: Each Soul Has a Role
Each individual soul is unique and special, in terms of its essence, its capacity, and what is demanded of it. ...
Wise Fridays: God’s Speech
What is taken as God’s speech is really always man’s hearing…that God is not the strategist of our particularities or ...