Geulah b’Rachamim Program, Volume 3, Essay #4: Na’aseh v’Nishma – By Pinchas Winston “Na’aseh v’nishma—We will do, and we will understand.” (Shemos 24:7) Most of the time, people do not promise to do something before they understand what they have to do. But when the Jewish people put “Nishma” first, it was not “most…
Geulah b’Rachamim Program, Volume 2, Essay #10 Tzedakah & Redemption – By Pinchas Winston TZEDAKAH IS A Torah mitzvah. By now, most societies, even those who do not believe in God or Torah, have accepted that helping the poor is a societal necessity. Social Darwinism wants to do away with this, letting “fate” decide who…
Achdus & Redemption – By Pinchas Winston ACHDUS IS HEBREW for “unity.” When people talk about the unity of the Jewish people, they use the word “achdus.” Every nation comes into existence because of achdus. Every nation only remains in existence because of achdus. America is not called “The UNITED States of America” for no…
T IS ALWAYS amazing how we can be aware of something, and yet not REALLY be aware of it. The verses:
You will arise and have mercy on Tzion, because the time to favor her, the Appointed Time has come. For, Your servants desire her stones, and her dust, they cherish. (Tehillim 102:14-15)
THE JEWISH PEOPLE have had many enemies over the millennia, but none as ruthless and as dangerous as cognitive dissonance. You know, the state of having inconsistent and conflicting thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change. Right, THAT cognitive dissonance.
