Zachary Truboff •
25 min readThe insights of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and Rav Shagar can help us appreciate the difficulty of escaping from capitalism’s grasp, and the way in which tzedekah can be a profound act of liberation.
Zachary Truboff •
30 min readThough we often fail to realize it, halakhah is a language that shapes the world of those who speak its words. Both Rav Shagar and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik are sensitive to this but the difference in their approaches have radical implications for the way
Eitan Abramovich •
5 min readWhat kind of religious language is demanded from us in these days? between biblical pathos to and narrow boundaries our home and body.
Zachary Truboff •
10 min readThe past might trap us in limbo, but it can also point us where we need to go. A look at Rav Shagar's drasha for Yom Yerushalayim.
Ari Ze’ev Schwartz and Levi Morrow •
25 min readA dialogue about Rav Shagar's understanding of Teshuva, and the tension between self-creation and self-acceptance.
Zvi Leshem •
6 min readWhere does Kedusha reside - in the unspoiled nature or at the peak of civilization? thoughts on the transition from Yom HaAtzmaut to Yom Yerushalayim, following a drasha of Rav Shagar.