The Cost of Doing the Right Thing

In this article, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens asks if there is a right answer to every ethical dilemma and discusses whether there can be an ethical downside to making correct moral decisions.

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Finding Your Purpose

In this article, award winning author Rabbi David Jaffe asks what is perhaps the most important question of all: "How do we find our purpose in this world?"

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Respect-Kavod

In this article, Dr. Alan Morinis discusses the value of kavod/honor and the importance of respecting the stranger.

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Being Open for Knowledge

In this article, Rabbi Dr. Ira Bedzow discusses the importance of openness to knowledge and its relationship to the fear of Heaven.

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Emotion and Ethics

Professor William Kolbrener explains Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's approach to the emotional side of ethical life.

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Getting and Being Old

In this article, Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel argues that Jewish sources present old age as, primarily, a state of mind. He explains the way in which younger generations should regard the elderly and offers a Jewish view on retirement.

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