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Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch

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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!

Kisoh, kosoh and ka’asoh

The Talmud tells us three ways to assess character. The three festivals show how this works.

Kisoh, kosoh and ka’asoh

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 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?