Children Punished for Sins of Parents- How do we understand verses such as Exodus 20:5 (in the Ten Commandments) that God punishes not only sinners, but their descendants till four generations? How is it possibly fair to punish children for that which they did not do? More »
Down-to-Earth Spirituality- I am perplexed about a certain juxtaposition in the Torah. Parshas Yisro describes the dramatic revelation of God to the Jewish People at Mount Sinai. And then the next parsha, Mishpatim, lists mundane laws regarding personal injury, property damage, returning… More »
Golden Calf- If the Jews had just witnessed God's awesome power in the 10 Plagues, the splitting of the Red Sea, and the revelation at Mount Sinai, how could these same people turn around and worship a Golden Calf?! More »
How Can There be a Mitzvah to Believe in Hashem?- We have been studying the Ten Commandments in school, and something really struck me. The first commandment is to believe in God. This got me thinking. How can we be commanded to believe in God? If a person does believe… More »
Moses' Horns- I am taking an art appreciation class and we recently studied Michelangelo's statue of Moses, which is adorned with horns. This has anti-Semitic overtones and I am wondering where this idea got started? More »
Vision of God of Exodus 24:10-11- What is the meaning of Exodus 24:10-11 – that Moses and the elders saw God when He descended upon Mount Sinai, and He had a sapphire brickwork under His feet? The next verse then states that the great ones of… More »
To The Protesters in America Calling for an Intifada
