Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Sukkot: Smile
G-d wants us to be happy.
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parshah: Cowering in fear
Avodah Zarah prevents man from being fully human.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Rosh Hashanah: Facts, not feelings
The High Holy Days aren’t about cheap sentimentality.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parsha: Breathing isn’t enough
Life is more than the absence of death.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parsha: Are we clannish?
Our very first task upon entering the Promised Land involved outreach to non-Jews.
Rabbi Samson Refael Hirsch on the parsha: Why Is she stoned?
Marriage is much more than a physical union.
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha: We need a king!
A Jewish king’s purpose starts where that of a non-Jewish king often ends.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parasha: It's in our hands
Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Eval teach us that our environment isn’t determinative.
Rabbi Shinshon Rafael Hirsch on the parasha: Should we make the Torah easier?
Our ancestors found G-d’s law difficult to obey, but G-d never lowered His standards.
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parasha: Why study Torah?
Torah knowledge without practical application “has no value.”
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parsha: On Empires and Expansionism
We aren’t the only people to whom G-d assigned a land.
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the Parsha: The human face of Paganism
Tolerance is lauded in the modern West, but it isn’t always a virtue in Judaism.
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on Pinchas: G-d wants us to be happy
The Torah calls for joy and serenity – in this world. A “suffering servant” is not the Jewish ideal.
Rav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parsha: Surrounded by snakes
Do we appreciate how often G-d saves us without us even knowing it?
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on Korach (Diaspora): Getting Right to It
The almond tree' symbolizes the spirit of the tribe of Levi. How?
Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on the Parsha: Moshe's secret message
There is a surprising reason that Moshe changed the name of one of the spies and not the others.
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael HIrsch on the parasha: Moshe and Elitism
Today, we see the people who claim to represent democracy looking down with contempt at the masses. That's an anti-Torah way to act.
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parsha: Floating dust
Parashat Naso contains the laws of the Sotah - a woman suspected of adultery,
Rabbi Shimshon Refael HIrsch on the parasha: Do we matter?
That depends....
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on Behar:Should we have a welfare state?
Helping people is wonderful, indeed obligatory., but there are principles involved.
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha: Don't be an angel
Man is called on to sanctify the material world, not shun it, writes Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch. So why do we fast?
Rabbi Shimshon.R.Hirsch: Why Is childbirth associated with impurity?
What is the significance of this connection?
Rabbi S.R. Hirsch on the parasha: No Moral Indulgences
Nadav and Avihu: The elites often permit themselves moral laxity but the Torah grants no such indulgences.
Rabbi S. R. Hirsch on the parsha: Why are the details important?
Rabbi Hirsch's commentary on the Book of Vayikra is where he explains the meaning of laws that might seem meaningless.
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the Parsha: What about Non-Jews?
Our G-d is not a particularistic G-d. He is the father of all of humanity. How does the parasha show that?
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha: Are we doomed without Korbanot?
How can we be forgiven without the essence of Temple worship, the offerings brought to God?
Rabbi S. R. Hirsch on the parsha: We don't need an intermediary
What is the point of the tablets being readable on both their sides?
Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parasha: Hearing voices
What really happened at Mount Sinai? After all, say skeptics, God doesn't speak to us.
Rav S.R. Hirsch on MIshpatim: When the Gemara doesn’t make sense…
How the Sages can derive laws from minutae in the Torah that others don't see..
An altar of earth? Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parasha
This is one of the places in the Torah where Rabbi Hirsch's philosophy of Torah and Derekh Eretz can be understood.
Who’s really to blame for Friday’s terrorist attack?
We have a choice. We can continue to whine, or we can elect to win. And whether we win or not is in our hands. Op-ed.
Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch: Rosh Chodesh - our “Restart App”
Just as an entirely new moon emerges every month, so too we can become entirely new versions of ourselves if we will it
Modern Paganism : Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha
Sanctifying our desires is pagan, not Jewish. Pleading victimhood to external forces is likewise pagan, not Jewish.
Not fit for the job? Great! Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha
G-d told Moshe: “This” – your inadequacy and self-doubt – will be a sign to the Jews that I have sent you.
Do we need more zealotry? Rav Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parsha
Most of us understand Jacob's words to mean that Shimon and Levi’s zealotry must be diffused. Rabbi Hirsch differs.
Thank G-d for the Ghettos - Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parsha
Living in Goshen was a wise decision on the part of the Jews and a message for future exiles.
No, YU shouldn’t 'love' proud LGBT students
YU is beyond the pale in accepting the public flaunting of LGBT behavior, unequivocally prohibited by the Torah. Op-ed.
Why are we focusing on self-esteem?
In all of Jewish literature, one would be hard-pressed to find a single statement glorifying self-esteem. Humility, however, is much lauded.
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