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In traditional Judaism, Psalm 45:14, part of verses 13 through 16, is cited as the image of the woman with the nature developed by the Most High. She possesses tsniut. Literally, this means that she knows how to conduct herself. And she expresses this in her behavior and the way she dresses. But not only...
Formation of Opinion It’s good to have an opinion; it’s a natural thought process. You formulate and conclude your opinion based on the information you receive. Your mind works with facts, and that’s how you arrive at an opinion about things. Example 1 I remember that among the women of my non-believing family, abortion was...
After working hard in our homes and getting rid of all chamets (yeast) we may look forward to the feast of unleavened bread. When having coffee or tea we can taste the sweetness of homemade cookies and/or coconut cakes. While we enjoy these we can sit back and think of the oncoming Pesach celebration and thoughts...
Scholars who use Torah without being religious can come to surprising insights. The famous Jewish neurologist Sigmund Freud, for example, often used Biblical insights in his psychotherapy and he particularly liked the person of Biblical Joseph. Freud considered religion as a danger to the personality that could lead to neuroses. In the Jerusalem Post of...