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Yonatan Gordon is a student of Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh, and publishes his writings on InwardNews.com, a new site he co-founded.
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Combating Amalek doesn’t mean all who disagree with you is evil-rather whom to follow and to oppose
I envision a Kiruv approach perceiving a world filled with Godliness instead of issues to be avoided
Whereas we didn’t expect much from HarperCollins, we need to expect more from ourselves.
What does it mean "to fight as a Jew"? Fighting with the power of voice, the “voice of Jacob.”
San Francisco schools transformed by power of daily meditation,successfully reducing school violence
Pop culture teaches "thought creates reality;" Chassidut: “Divinity's a given,reality's a novelty”
"Deliberance" means to be inspired by "hearing the great shofar blast" ushering the Redemption
There is no difficulty today recognizing the “doubled and redoubled” darkness of the world.
A revolution is taking place between good and evil; light and darkness. Make the light activism!
You can be into modern things and learn Chassidus--this is most encouraged and welcomed.
Rav Ginsburgh, dean of Od Yosef Chai, has come out publicly against any form of price tag vandalism
All involved in the Ferguson debate should learn the laws pertinent to non-Jews: the Noahide Laws.
A "Shliach" means to do acts with complete devotion and dedication in order to help bring Moshiach.
As we Jews returned to the Holy Land and prayed at our holy sites, forces fighting holiness came too
For the Jewish people to move forward we must not despair, rather we must instill hope and optimism.
What the world calls confessional writing, we call teshuvah (returning to God and His Torah).
“God guides our every step in this world. Let's make the most of these steps.”
Jerusalem needs to be complete, within the name Jerusalem itself is the word “complete,” “perfect.”
Kabbalah teaches that mother Rachel symbolizes the Jewish People.
The birth I speak about is to give birth to ourselves, to our full potential.
Introverts are more likely to pause, view the world from a distance, and think how to make it better
My difficulties persisted until I met a beggar outside a restaurant after Tisha B'Av 12 years ago.
The problem of course is that their morality is immoral, the most immoral.
Maimonides: "Your 1 mitzva may tip the scales and bring redemption to the entire world and creation"
With no shortage of leftist media that seek to distort the news, what should our Torah response be?
This week we witnessed the true unity of the Jewish people rallying around, and praying for, these three boys.
We must learn how to portray reality correctly and in a positive way.
The moon-inspired public is searching for something like the renewal and redemption of the Jewish people.
In contrast to the hate-filled stones thrown by Arabs, Jews threw non-physical ‘stones’ of love.
Inspiring thoughts about memory, completing tasks, marketing, and anorexia.
Taking risks for outreach is not easy and there have been spiritual pitfalls over the years.
The Jew-Nazi drinking game has trivialized, even fictionalized, the Holocaust into a mode of entertainment.
Instead of a time when a race of sentient robots will roam the Earth, we prefer to focus on the time when humans will live according to their fullest potentials.
Now that I can speak to the world is anyone listening?
The fact that by Divine Providence this is called the “millennial” generation is also something to meditate upon.
We wish everyone learns to fully interact with reality, unfettered by limits of space and time.
Running a country according to the God-given laws of the Torah would result in something very great indeed.
It is in our best interest to find new ways to infuse life and vitality into observant life.
Since Torah is the great equalizer, the great reconciler of divergent but valid opinions, this is also the place where common ground is reached.
But the lesson from this meditation is that hidden behind the anti-semitic act is the greatest light.
When we are united with unconditional love, no stone will be raised against us by our enemies.
The reporter simply reports the news, but it is greater to be inspired to better the situation.
The slightest amount of “puffing up,” leavening of the ego is too much when it comes to Passover.
OpIsrael is once again taking place on a most auspicious day for the Jewish people.
Where do we find this "size of following" concept in the Torah?
Chemistry combined with Kabbalah reveals the 'peace process' will lead to forceful land concessions.
We are all soldiers in Hashem’s army, only our uniform is different.
Take the most creative and modern-minded adherents, and make sure they have a place for their creative ambitions.
Nate Silver adapted the theorem into his "Bayesian convergence," the method of dispelling myths and opposing opinions as evidence.
Travel back to a time before smart phones, SMS and Facebook.
To bring this conversation down into something deep and heartfelt, I thought to tell a story from my own experience.
In order to complete the task of eating the worm each time, Billy often coated the worms in ketchup.
It would make sense that an article about anticipation was itself anticipated!
I’d like to share my own recent account of what I think it means to be an "open source idealist."
Unrefined spiritual taste buds cannot truly enjoy food, because they constantly desire to consume more.
We are seeing the usual cold polar air taking an excursion.
God transforms the spiritual into the physical, and Jews transform the physical into the spiritual.
Knowledge is primary, while the physical manifestation of a thought might not need to happen the thought to be meaningful.
Shortly before the afternoon service began, the lights and heat went on in the synagogue.
Since I made aliyah with my family only about ten weeks ago, I don’t yet have the lexicon to describe what happened this morning.
Unbeknownst to the hackers, the 28th of Nissan, in some ways, is the most auspicious time of the year to counter and transform the threats and trials leveled against the Jewish people.
