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Moshe, Herzl and the Single Genius

Even assuming one’s potential children and their descendants turn out well (which is often not obvious), marriage and children represent an opportunity cost. Given a finite number of hours in a day, the more one is involved with one’s family, the less time one has to benefit others outside of the home. Ideally, we marrieds…

by Francis Nataf September 22, 2026

The Subversive Jewish Wisdom Aristotle Would Not Hear

Not unlike other Greek philosophers, Aristotle believed there were vastly different categories of people. To take the most extreme example, true slaves were seen as being born with an inability to ever develop their intellects. Hence, the idea of learning something from them, in the sense of listening to their ideas, made about as much…

by Francis Nataf September 22, 2026

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When Questions Did Kill

by Francis Nataf on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

Are You Sure You Wouldn’t Have Worshiped the Golden Calf?

by Francis Nataf on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

When a Student must teach the Teacher

by Francis Nataf on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

Torah Knowledge and Torah Wisdom

by Francis Nataf on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

They Called Him Rebbe

by Francis Nataf on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

The Lethal Challenge of Learning Torah from Others

by Francis Nataf on May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

When does the Jewish year begin?

by Francis Nataf on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022

Achashverosh and the Evil of Neutrality

by Francis Nataf on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022

Moshe’s Sober Consolation

by Francis Nataf on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021

Self-Knowledge is not Self-Understanding

by Francis Nataf on August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

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