Published in Aish Perspectives (November 2018) Spirituality – Is materialism an impediment to spirituality? By Rabbi Johnny Solomon According to its common usage, ‘materialism’ describes an attitude that values wealth and material possessions above all other considerations, while ‘spirituality’ is perhaps best described by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm as ‘the focussing of the mind and…
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Published in Aish Perspectives (September 2018) The Big Question – Should Jews be promoting moral behaviour to non-Jews? By Rabbi Johnny Solomon We live in a society where telling someone else what to do considered insulting and offensive – not only because it undermines the concepts of freedom and autonomy, but also because it challenges…
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Much of Megillah 27b-28a is filled with the responses of various elderly Talmudic masters to the question posed to them by their disciples of במה הארכת ימים – ‘On account of which [meritorious practise] have you attained longevity?’.For example, Rav Preida answered this question by stating that, ‘In all my days (מימי), no one ever…
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