My son walked me face first into a telephone pole. I have thought about it and concluded that it was my fault. He didn’t think I would get hurt. Neither did I. *In brief* I walked, face-first, fast and hard, into a telephone pole. Even though I might have blamed my boy who led […]
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Lao Tzu said, “Stop thinking, and end your problems.” What? Are you freaking kidding me, Lao Tzu? Stop thinking! Ha! You’re kidding, right? No? You’re not? https://rotb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Stop-Thinking-Rabbi-Brian-1.png *Considering it* OK, I get it. I get the idea: thinking leads to judgment, and judgment leads
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*One scheduled meeting, one chance meeting* Zac, an SEO expert, changed my thinking about how I post videos, podcasts, and articles. After an extended coffee-and-two-laptops-on-the-tables meeting at Fleur De Lis Bakery & Cafe near my house, I knew everything would be different. Before meeting Zac, I would have called this article “Coincidence or
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A chance encounter with an older man named Parker leads Rabbi Brian to ponder what is meant by the phrase, “It was meant to be.”
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Freedom of Will I wrote my rabbinical school thesis on Freedom of Will. In particular, I wrote about the varied thinking of medieval Jewish philosophers on this topic. The core issue with which these religious thinkers had to contend was how God could control everything, offer humanity freedom of will, and justly condemn the wicked.
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