The lenses through which we see the world determine not only how we experience it but also how we respond to it. The Dangers of Secularization One of my greatest learning and teaching challenges is to be vigilant about seeing and showing the world through the lens of a pure, authentic Torah Hashkaffa (worldview) and not one tainted by secularity. The lenses through which we see the world determine not only how we experience it but also how we respond to it and to the events of our lives. A person who has become embittered or who is simply prejudiced for..
Parshat Acharei-Mot Kedoshim 5766: In a Space Without Place, at a Moment Without Time
A significant geo-intellectual shift is taking place in the world. The West, being steeped in scientific thought and its quest for clarity has relentlessly pursued the measurable. How much? How many? How long? When? Where? We are ill at ease with paradox and feel awkward with enigma. The East on the other hand, has been far more at home in the world of the mystical, transcendental and spiritual. Asian thinkers have always been comfortable with the unknowable, and the immeasurable. The East more than the West has known that not all things valuable are measurable; and not a..