By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l October 3, 1964 At the beginning of his immortal Guide for the Perplexed (Part I, Chapter 2), Maimonides records a question that was posed to him concerning the story of Adam and Eve. These first two humans were given a single commandment by G-d: not to eat of the fruit of […]
By RABBI NORMAN LAMM SHABBAT SHUVAH THE JEWISH CENTER SEPTEMBER 13, 1975 There are two ways of relating to God, and hence two modes of teshuvah: the ways of the heart and of the mind, of feeling and of reason. The flame of faith, the אש דת, produces both warmth and light – […]