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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Sukkot: Smile

G-d wants us to be happy.

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Sukkot: Smile

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parshah: Cowering in fear

Avodah Zarah prevents man from being fully human.

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parshah: Cowering in fear

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Rosh Hashanah: Facts, not feelings

The High Holy Days aren’t about cheap sentimentality.

Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch on Rosh Hashanah: Facts, not feelings

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parsha: Breathing isn’t enough

Life is more than the absence of death.

Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch on the parsha: Breathing isn’t enough

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 Raphael Hirsch on the parsha: Are we clannish?

Rabbi Samson Refael Hirsch on the parsha: Why Is she stoned?

Marriage is much more than a physical union.

Rabbi Samson Refael Hirsch on the parsha:   Why Is she stoned?

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 Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha: We need a king!

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 Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parasha: It's in our hands

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 Shinshon Rafael Hirsch: Should we make the Torah easier?

Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parasha: Why study Torah?

Torah knowledge without practical application “has no value.”

Rav Shimshon R. Hirsch on the parasha: Why study Torah?

Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parsha: On Empires and Expansionism

We aren’t the only people to whom G-d assigned a land.

Rav Shimshon R. Hirsch on the parsha: Empires and Expansionism

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.

Rav Shimshon R.Hirsch on the Parsha: The human face of Paganism

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.

Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch: Pinchas:G-d wants us to be happy

Rav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parsha: Surrounded by snakes

​​​​​​​Do we appreciate how often G-d saves us without us even knowing it?

Rav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parsha: Surrounded by snakes

Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on Korach (Diaspora): Getting Right to It

The almond tree' symbolizes the spirit of the tribe of Levi. How?

Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parsha: Getting Right to It

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.

Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on the Parsha: Moshe's secret message

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 Rafael HIrsch on the parasha: Moshe and Elitism

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 parsha: Floating dust

Rabbi Shimshon Refael HIrsch on the parasha: Do we matter?

That depends....

Rabbi Shimshon Refael HIrsch on the parasha: Do we matter?

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 Rafael Hirsch:Should we have a welfare state?

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 Refael Hirsch on the parasha: Don't be an angel

Rabbi Shimshon.R.Hirsch: Why Is childbirth associated with impurity?

What is the significance of this connection?

Rabbi.Hirsch on the parsha: Why connect childbirth and impurity?

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 parasha: No Moral 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 S. R. Hirsch on the parsha: Why are the details important?

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 Rafael Hirsch on the Parsha: What about Non-Jews?

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 Hirsch on the parasha: Are we doomed without Korbanot?

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 S. R. Hirsch on the parsha: We don't need an intermediary

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.

Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch on the parasha: Hearing voices

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..

Rav Hirsch on MIshpatim: When the Gemara doesn’t make sense…

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.

An altar of earth? Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the parasha

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.

Who’s really to blame for Friday’s terrorist attack?

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

Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch: Rosh Chodesh - our “Restart App”

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.

Modern Paganism : Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch on the parasha

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.

Not fit for the job? Great! Rav S. R. Hirsch on the parasha

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.

Do we need more zealotry? Rav Shimshon R. Hirsch on the parsha

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.

Thank G-d for the Ghetto: Rav Samson Refael Hirsch on the parsha

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.

No, YU shouldn’t 'love' proud LGBT students

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.

Why are we focusing on self-esteem?