Fixing Our Broken World, Word, by Word…. by Word
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan—the former Army major convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting—by military firing squad. Because this would mark the first public, livestreamed execution in modern...
Regardless of whether you are a Republican, a Democrat, or an independent, we should all be deeply concerned by the level of personal attacks and the nature of the rhetoric surrounding the Ohio Governor’s race between Democratic candidate Amy Acton and Vivek...
What if our elections became less about tearing each other down and more about finding answers to the problems that affect the American people? There was a time when I believed that, despite our differences, Americans could sit across a table, disagree about an issue,...
He does not understand or care about the negative power of the words he uses. The name calling and finger pointing he spews from his mouth dehumanizes people. And this causes all the violence in our world.
Who is the man who desires life and loves days that he may see the good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit" (Psalms 34: 13-14) See the Let's Begin button for your first lesson.
The Torah obligates us to vocally recall the punishment Miriam received for speaking lashon-hara about Moshe. There were numerous factors that might have mitigated the gravity of Miriam sin and thus her punishment: (1) She spoke about her brother whom she loved dearly...
Torah obligates us to be equally considerate of the property and dignity of others as we are of our own. By speaking or listening to Evil Speech a person shows that he does not love the subject, definitely not to the degree that he loves himself. Although a person...
This verse obligates us to give someone the benefit of the doubt when we see him performing an action that could be interpreted in his favor. If an average mitzvah observer does or says something and the chances of a favorable judgment and unfavorable judgment are...
The Torah obligates us to give financial aid to a fellow Jew in order to prevent his becoming poor. This could be in the form of a grant, a loan, or some other source of income. If you relate The Torah obligates us to give financial aid a fellow Jew order to prevent...