Rav Kook

January 13, 2016

Wrestling With Ourselves (published in the Huffington Post)

In 1920, Orot (“Lights”), a collection of works by the first Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, was published, which included an essay called […]
July 30, 2014

The Three Weeks (published in the Times of Israel)

Here’s a 3-part article on the Three Weeks and us: Part I: Introduction to the significance of the Three Weeks for us right now. Part II: […]
April 9, 2014

Pesach: Song of Creation (published in the Times of Israel)

Some brief thoughts on why we read the Song of Songs, aka the Song of Solomon, on Pesach, drawing on three of Judaism’s most colorful thinkers: […]