To deliver sermons to others is relatively straightforward. To look inward and work on enhancing one’s own connectedness with the Creator is infinitely more complex.
How am I supposed to switch moods from yesterday’s gloom and doom to a new, bright day of joy and simcha
How does one become a thinker or a theologian? Is there an examination before one can practice thinking? Does one get a certificate or a license? And if someone without a license is caught thinking, does he get fined for thinking without a license?
Our last column (Issue 444) listed ten challenging questions. Today we suggest some answers. To refresh memories the original questions are summarized and printed at the beginning of each answer below. 1) What root word is found repeatedly at the beginning of Bereishis? Other than tov (good) which is of course common throughout the