Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Sukkot: Smile
G-d wants us to be happy.
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Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch
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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.
Kisoh, kosoh and ka’asoh
The Talmud tells us three ways to assess character. The three festivals show how this works.
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 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.
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