Effort

How can we change outward actions into penetrating, moving actions that transform our attitude?

When there are multiple meanings of a Hebrew word, they must be connected in some way.

Torah study is the only instance where labor without achievement is rewarded.

Unlike other sciences, Torah study is not about accumulating knowledge. Unlike other self-help books and religious manuals, the Torah is not only about learning “how” to observe . . .

Granted, Mount Sinai was no Everest. But G-d was coming down all the way from the heavens—couldn’t He have descended another few thousand feet, instead of making an octogenarian sage climb a mountainside?

Every relationship needs an infusion of tender effort, thought and concern.