Amitai Adler
S Blog: Elu v’Elu
BY: AMITAI ADLER
I heard, a number of years ago, a wonderful drashah by my friend and teacher Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, on the famous sugiya from Eruvin 13b concerning Hillel and Shammai. The Gemara relates that the schools of Hillel and Shammai were deeply divided concerning certain matters of halachah (Rashi clarifies that the quarrel was [...]
S Blog: The Shabbos Tisch
BY: AMITAI ADLER
In some ways, the true experience of the tisch is inextricable from its Hasidic context. And this is both for good reason, and perhaps also for the best.
It is for good reason because a true tisch requires the culture of the frum Shabbat: the appreciation of traditional dishes, of zmirot and nigunim, of [...]
S Blog: The Customer Is Not Always Right If They’re Not A Customer
BY: AMITAI ADLER
The primary problem with consumerism is its social effect. The relentless quest for satiation through purchasing may be bad enough as a phenomenon on its own, but far worse is the creation of a culture of consumers. “The customer is always right,” goes the cherished old saw of the business world. And while [...]
Sh’ma Blog: For what purpose do we read the Akedah on Rosh Hashana, and do we begin discussing it all through Elul?
BY: AMITAI ADLER
For what purpose do we read the Akedah on Rosh Hashana, and do we begin discussing it all through Elul?
A midrash, and then a thought on the matter.
***
And it came to pass after these things that God put Avraham to the test. [Bereshit 22:1] Said Hashem Yitbarach, “I will test my servant Avraham, [...]
