The Talmud describes how the Torah was translated into Greek: “King Ptolemy once gathered 72 Elders. He placed them in 72 chambers, each of them in a separate one, without revealing to them why they were summoned. He entered each…

The formula for dying without regrets is the effort to be ready for death, i.e., to live as we believe that we should within our limited abilities. Then, when the time comes to die, we will have no regrets about…

There is a single force of love, bestowal and connection behind our life here in this world, and what we perceive is a picture through which this force wishes to teach us to directly connect with it. By trying to…

We live in one big system. Even merely on a physical level, when we interact and talk to each other, we influence this system. The issue is that most of our connections are often harmful, destructive and selfish. Instead of…

A man walks through the market, and a dealer in fighting roosters shouts out at him: “Buy my rooster! It fights to the death!” “Why do I need a rooster that fights to death? I need one that fights to…

There is a parable about three brothers who saw Happiness sitting in a pit. One came and asked Happiness for money, and he received it. Another asked for a beautiful wife and received one too. The third bent over the…

We should strive to discover and understand the meaning of life, to see that life’s meaning is for life itself to reveal to us: what it is for, and to which destination it leads and pulls us. Our lives, as…

A sage once said, “A person must acquire both knowledge and wisdom.” When he was asked about the difference, he replied: “Knowledge is achieved by reading books, and wisdom is achieved by reading the book that you yourself are.” What…

Two students looked at a waving flag. One said: “The flag is moving.” The other replied: “No, the wind is moving, which makes the flag move.” Their teacher came and said: “You are both wrong. It is a thought that…