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Organic Torah: Transcendent Letters
By Rabbi Nathan Margalit
There is an important commentary by the Piazetzner Rebbe in which he talks about getting our spirituality into our whole beings. Though his commentary starts on the story of Noah, it includes a very interesting… Continue reading
The Book of Esther
By Robert J. Littman
The Book of Esther has been called one of the strange books of the Bible. There is no reference to God in the entire book. The story is one of the few books of the Bible… Continue reading
Moshe the Miser
As told by Reb Daniel Lev
Moshe was a wealthy butcher and the town miser – he was so stingy that even the most miserable, and accomplished, beggar would be completely ignored as Moshe walked down the street. Shnorers… Continue reading
The Kabeel’s Donkey – A Children’s Story
By Rabbi Daniel Lev
Once upon a time in old Yemen there was a town where Jews and Muslims lived in peace. It was called Dhamar. The king of Yemen would assign a Mayor (called a Kabeel) to each… Continue reading
The Ba’al Shem Tov Reads A Holy Book
by Rabbi Daniel Lev
The Ba’al Shem Tov, also known by his acronym “BeSHT,” inspired the founding of the Hassidic spiritual movement of the eighteenth century. He brought great innovations into the religious identity and practice of the common… Continue reading
- Passover, Questions and Pulling Ourselves TogetherPassover is a time for transformation. We start in our own homes but we are working on transformations that the world needs. We are telling a story which takes us out of our isolation and puts our lives into relationship to a larger picture, and shift of perspective makes all the difference. One of the […]
- Paradigm-Shifting Conversations: Healing Ourselves and the WorldAs we witness and experience the epidemics of addiction, loneliness, political fragmentation and the environmental disasters of climate change and mass extinction it is becoming abundantly clear that our present course is not sustainable. In these seven webinars from winter 2017 to spring 2018, Organic Torah founder Rabbi Natan Margalit, Ph.D. talks with leaders in […]