Educated at Oxford and Columbia Universities, William Kolbrener teaches literature and philosophy at Bar Ilan University and comments widely on Jewish learning and life in his blog: www.openmindtoarh.blogspot.com
Open Minded Torah will come out with Continuum as a book in the spring of 2011.
People can be divided in to two groups - those who dwell on the past and those who look to the future. William Kolbrener opens his article with these words. He explains how T’shuva - repentance, can deal with our past actions and reconcile them with the future, how sins can become good deeds.
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An in depth study of the meaning and explanation of the holiday of Chanukah embracing history, interpretation and beauty.
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In the Haggadah we read that one who expands on the story of the Exodus is praiseworthy. In his article, “Cosmic Consciousness of Passover”, William Kolbrener provides thought-provoking insights into how the re-telling of the story of the Exodus has empowered and inspired us throughout the centuries.
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