The Torah and the World – Twelve Questions


Confronting Violence – Notes

Printing Press Religion – Reformation Religious Wars 100 years –   France  1562 – 1598 and  30 years war. 1648 Treaty of Westphalia 21st century – information  technology revolution – globalization of communications, empowerment of crowds by social media  overthrow of established authority and arab spring – proliferation of wars – end of Westphalian Order (Kissinger) War of the Faithful against everyone else Dualism – us and them […]


Declare Liberty Throughout the Land

(י) וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם אֵת שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ לְכָל יֹשְׁבֶיהָ יוֹבֵל הִוא תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ אֶל אֲחֻזָּתוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶל מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ תָּשֻׁבוּ:  ( ויקרא פרק כה) You shall sanctify the fiftieth year and declare liberty throughout the land to all of its inhabitants. This will be a Jubilee to you and each man shall return to his inheritance and each man to his family  to dwell with. […]


THE FROM “IS” TO “OUGHT” FALLACY

“Take any action allowed to be vicious; willful murder, for instance.  Examine it in all  lights, and see if you can find that matter of fact, or real existence, which you call “vice.”  In whichever way you take it, you find only certain passions, motives, volitions, and thoughts.  There is no other matter of fact in the case… …In every system of morality which I have hitherto met […]


וּבְשׁוּב צַדִּיק מִצִּדְקָתוֹ

וּבְשׁוּב צַדִּיק מִצִּדְקָתוֹ “היות הצורך הגדול בתורה שבעל פה הכוללת מסורת אבות  וקבלות קדמוניות, שתהיה מיוחדת בדרכה, מסוגלת וניכרת הרבה לא בלבד בזכרון שמות מקבליה, כי אם עוד יותר בסגנון ולשון ואופן המסירה שלה מימי קדם, שכל אלו סימנים מובהקים שהיא היא בעיקרה המסורה באמונה מאבות לבנים. ועל כן בסתימתן משנה אחת כוללת, בחרו החכמים הנזכרים בהנחת הקשורים הקודמים בהויתם ובלשונם, ולהביא בהם האחדות והשווי, והברור והסדר כפי […]


Parkoffletter Internet Sites

http://parkoffletter.com   An historical travel blog, where  you travel both in history and in place. It is not meant to be a Caribbean cruise but a true exploration of the past and the present. http://hardball.parkoffletter.org    American Constitutional Issues, the misuse of governmental power, and the misuse of corporate wealth.  How does misuse of power hurt a country? and how may it be repaired? http://water.parkoffletter.org   All facets of water use […]


President Putin on Why the Jews Have Survived

President Putin Told Rav Yitzchak Yosef Why The Jews Have Survived While All Others Have Vanished (Friday, June 24th, 2016 09:30 AM) 10 SHARES Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to Email Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita during a recent shiur explained to participants that a period of time ago, he attended a rabbinical conference in Moscow. He stated he was asked to give a shiur, […]