“If you preserve my lamp, I shall preserve yours.”
Iggeres HaKodesh and the Greasy Pole
Quality and Quantity in the Book of Numbers
Numbers depend on souls which depend on G-d.
Korach and the Spies Open a Holocaust Museum
Is the holocaust comparable or incomparable?
Does the Torah Say The World Is An Illusion?
Of Witchcraft, Cucumbers, and Reason
Finding Dark Light in a Digital Cave
The Jewish Case For Not Being Born
Anti-Natalism in the Talmud
One impression that emerges from reading the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s letters on matters of faith is that deep skepticism and profound belief are not opposites, but rather belong together in a healthy soul. You can see this in the way the Rebbe describes the historical giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, taking a Kuzari-like tack […]
Ethical Reason — A Crash Course
A Chassidic Comment on the Michtav M’Eliyahu
Abraham is just some cisgender white male kid kicking cans in Silver Springs. He watches YouTube and plays Fortnite religiously but he is still not right. There’s something off about the way he looks at you. He sees too much. His skull can’t hold it all and ugly truths pour from his mouth. Abraham wants […]