Things are not always as they seem; maybe they never are; maybe they are more than they seem. Take the strange case of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. He is such an adorable character and his story is so wholesome. Really? Rudolph was created as…
G-d Never Closes the Gates; We Do We approach Yom Kippur with the image of gates closing. We are bidden to repent before they do, on the expectation that we could get caught on the wrong side of the wall. But whose gates are they anyway, and who says…