Is Compromised Tzenius the Cost of Being a Communal Leader?
Public visibility, and certainly celebrity, risk both disorienting our relationship with G-d and tainting the realness and connection we might otherwise achieve with others.
Yefashpesh B’ma’asav: Post-Tragedy Introspection
Israelis certainly acknowledge that their world has been intrinsically changed post-October 7, and American Orthodoxy must do the same. We must recognize that our community has been profoundly altered and our communal psyche shaken.
Confronting the Suboptimal
For Orthodox Jews, the danger of succumbing to mediocrity is probably most acute in the realm of religious growth and observance.
The Allure and Illusion of Ownership
Rather than being owners, we are actually stewards, entrusted by Hashem with the transient role of using our assets as He would expect of us.