wisdom

How to Read the Book of Proverbs

We don't read it in synagogue, and we aren't used to reading collections of maxims like this — so how should we get the most out of reading Proverbs?

Wisdom Is a Woman

The Book of Proverbs wants us all to pursue wisdom. But what is that exactly?

Hasidic Wisdom for the End of Life

What we can learn from the deathbed stories of Hasidic rabbis.

Torah from the Holy Fire

The rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto, Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, left behind a wealth of spiritual resources for facing life's most intense challenges.

The Book of Proverbs

This section of the Bible includes a feminine depiction of wisdom and the text of the "Eshet Chayil" blessing.