by A Rabbi Encounters The Universe | Jul 31, 2021 | Newsletter, Posts
WHAT HUMANS NEED “Man does not live by bread alone.” (Deuteronomy 8:3) Whenever I read the famous verse quoted above, I think about an old story. A young minister runs a food kitchen for the homeless in the church. As the homeless gather, before feeding them he... by A Rabbi Encounters The Universe | Jul 15, 2021 | Newsletter, Posts
On the Shabbat before Tisha B’Av, known as Shabbat Hazon, Moses begins telling a new generation of Israelites their history. What happened leading to the forty years of wandering in the desert? Why did the older generation die off so that only a new generation could... 
by A Rabbi Encounters The Universe | Jun 23, 2021 | Courses, Works
Jewish tradition has never read scripture in a literal manner. On the contrary, Jewish tradition has always allowed multiple interpretations of every verse in the Bible. In this course, we will look at the four classical methods of interpretation found in Jewish... by A Rabbi Encounters The Universe | Jun 23, 2021 | Courses, Works
We will study the problem of evil in the eyes of Western theistic religions, particularly Judaism. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, how could God allow a world filled with suffering. We will seek answers both in Jewish tradition and more generally,... by A Rabbi Encounters The Universe | Jun 23, 2021 | Books, Works
This is a book filled with practical wisdom about how to live today. It is a book on how to be fully human. An old saying goes, “Life is a journey,” but Rabbi Gold proposes that life is actually ten very different journeys. We all travel most of them and...