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Just Thinking
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The “Ten Most” Answers
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Knowing and Growing
Preparing for Shavuos
The main point isn’t the fact that I enjoy the mitzvah, rather that Hashem wants me to do it
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Knowing and Growing
Growth Through Connection
The foundation of avodah isn’t motivation or geshmak, but obligation through connection
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Speechless Moments
Mrs. Rifka Katz
She was stopped by her mother’s voice saying, “Raizele, no. There will be better times”
Adina Lover
Speechless Moments
Rochel Goldbaum
The night of the speech, I still couldn’t talk. But I couldn’t cancel, either
Adina Lover
10 Questions
10 questions for... Aharon Mezei
Aharon Mezei is the owner of Passaic's Safer Escape, which resells the Modum Fire Escape Ladder
Rachel Bachrach
10 Questions
10 Questions for...Dovid Fine  
Dovid Fine is the founder and CEO of Recharge: Vacation Relief Fund in Toronto, Canada
Rachel Bachrach
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 8
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 7
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 10
And I… I’m okay being me, even if I’m not entirely sure who that is
Malka Winner
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 8
Somehow, it’s deeply reassuring that the people packing us up are Our People
Malka Winner
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Just Thinking

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?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Second Thoughts
The “Ten Most” Answers

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

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman