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The Seventh Generation: A Leader of Leaders On the Significance of 10 ShevatRead More
Learn the Parshah In DepthA condensation of the weekly Torah portion alongside select commentaries culled from the Midrash...Read More
Being BrainwashedI had never seen a leader so totally revered by his followersRead More
The Bones of JosephMust we jettison the old to embrace the new?Read More
Farbrengen Highlights: 10 Shevat 5735A Chassidic gathering with the Rebbe exactly 40 years agoRead More
You Can Tip the ScalesThe entire world as equally balanced between good and evilRead More

When the Creator came to create the human being, Truth said, "Do not create him, for he is full of lies.

Kindness said, "Create him, for he will do acts of kindness."

What did the Creator do? He cast Truth earthward, and created the human being.

That is why it says, "Truth will sprout from the earth."

—Midrash Rabba

Every argument in Torah can be reduced to the same crucial question:

Do we follow rigid, immutable truth, regardless? Or do we...