Art & Music
The artist’s genius lies in the ability to bypass the externals and perceive the essence. This too is the goal of a mitzvah.
Music might be the closest physical representation of the spiritual. And, as they say, art is the biggest lie relating the greatest truth. From pop to classical to a simple lullaby hummed by a mother, music is the universal language of heart. From post-modern to pre-Renaissance to surrealism, art frames life in a whole new light. Are these things G-dly, holy, or profane? Isn’t there some commandment against images? And what about music – is music spiritually sound?
Vayeishev: Didgeridoo
A didgeridoo, also known as a didge, is considered to be the world’s oldest wind instrument. Jewish spiritual connection to the didgeridoo…
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Viewing Life Like an Artist
Do you need help with viewing life like an artist? This letter offers spiritual instructions for viewing life like an artist in order to overcome depression.
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Miriam’s Song
Learn the spiritual meaning of Miriam’s Song, at the Exodus from Egypt. Based on an address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Olympic Thoughts
Sports are all consuming in today’s society, but what can we learn from this about reality and illusion?
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Finding Purpose in the Pursuit of a Hobby
Pursuit of a hobby can be an act of selflessness — when the soul of the pursuit is in sync.
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Simchat-Torah: From Chickens to Vegetables
As we move right along from fauna to flora, from swirling chickens before Yom Kippur to thrusting shrubs on Sukkot, the holidays have an organic nature…
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The Soul of Music
A conversation between a best-selling rabbi and the acclaimed musician Peter Himmelman about the true soul of music. Soul, music, and Judaism converged.
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Art, Religion & Democracy
In a democracy, whose responsibility is it not to offend the community with art? Can art, religion and democracy ever agree on freedom of expression?
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