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The Superhero Moshiach Trap
The Jewish people have never stopped saying they want Moshiach. In every generation the cry rises. Yet a deep misalignment persists between what we claim to want and what we are actually prepared to receive. Too often the Moshiach we describe is not the one presented by Torah sources. He…
From the Chicken Coop to the Creator: Torah Wisdom Triumphs Over ‘Survival of the Fittest’
At first glance, the humble chicken seems an unlikely candidate for a philosophical revolution. A creature at the very bottom of the food chain—defenseless, slow, and seemingly destined for extinction in a “red in tooth and claw” world—it nonetheless has persisted in the billions. This simple observation cuts to the…
Repentance or Happenstance?
In the opening chapters of Hilchot Ta’aniyot (The Laws of Fasts), the Rambam (Maimonides) codifies a fundamental principle of Jewish existence: It is a positive commandment of the Torah, he writes, to cry out and sound the trumpets for any trouble that strikes the community. Whether it be a plague,…