Excellence Reporter: Reb Brian, what is the meaning of life? Reb Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks: Let’s look at Deuteronomy, 11:26-28 רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה “See, I set before you today blessing and curse” This is the message to us in every moment: life is both blessing and […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Frankel, what is the meaning of life? Estelle Frankel: The Hebrew word for meaning, mashmaut, comes from the root sh-m-a, which means to listen. This word (which itself is pregnant with meaning) suggests that meaning arises through listening. The meaning of our lives is not a static, […]
“What does the Lord your God demand of you?” This is the question that Moses asks the people of Israel as they near the end of their journey in the wilderness of Sinai, and as they stand at the threshold of the Promised Land. He is asking them […]
Excellence Reporter: Rabbi Wolpe, what is the meaning of life? Rabbi David Wolpe: Life has no meaning, but meanings. The meaning of one life is to raise a child and for another, to go to sea. One will carve monuments and the next write laws. All are growing […]
Questions about Questions What is the meaning of life? This question would seem to be the most basic and fundamental question to be asked concerning existence itself and has been asked by theologians, philosophers and much of humanity from time immemorial. Before we can approach this question, however, […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Levin, what is the meaning of life? Jeff Levin: What is the meaning of life? That is the sort of question that brings to mind the stereotypical spiritual seeker trekking up a mountain in Tibet to enter a great temple and sit at the […]
Excellence Reporter: Alan, what is the meaning of life? Alan Morinis: The meaning of life is to live with full-bodied gusto. We raise our glasses and we call out loudly, “L’Chaim!! To Life!!” That choice is not so obvious to us, so much so that the Bible finds […]
What is the meaning of life? Meaning is a narrative rather than a fact; something one creates rather than something one discovers. *** Meaning is “once upon a time” rather than E=MC2. *** Life has meaning only insofar as we give it meaning. *** If a tree falls […]
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