Rabbi Josh Rose

What do insatiable sexual appetites and prostitution have to do with Yom Kippur? This is the story of rabbi elazar Ben dordaya

I thought about speech and thought for Yom Kippur. Our tradition identifies as speaking beings. Interesting because what is essential according to this view is not our capacity to think but our capacity to speak. To me the suggests that speech is more valuable perhaps because it requires the thoughts to be filtered and clarified before they are shared with others. Imagine if we applied this idea to social media holy days

The paradox of Rosh Hashanah. Understanding the root of the word Shanah can you help us understand the power and the challenge of this season.

Short teaching have greater impact !

How do we preserve the two conflicting impulses in Judaism: to build structures and norms on the one hand and to commit to radical freedom and rebellion on the other?

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The jewish tradition has conflicting impulses. One is to honor law and norms and to express righteous and justice through those. But the other is a radical break from the world that is. Think Abraham who left behind the world and gods that he knew. Think about Moses who destroys the society that raised him.