Cognitive Dissonance and Vaccination
Rabbi Azriel Hauptman The recent measles outbreak and the resulting focus on groups that are against vaccination offers us an opportunity to discuss a fundamental theme in psychology and that is cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort that you feel when you have contradictory beliefs or behaviors. This leads to an unconscious effort […]
Rav Kostelitz on Parshas Shmini
Sounds of Silence
Rabbi Zvi Teichman The Torah world is stunned by the sudden and tragic loss of the beloved and venerated Gadol HaDor, Harav HaGaon R’ Chaim Kanievsky zt”l.Unparalleled in his Torah knowledge, unequaled in his diligent devotion to the study of Torah, and incomparable in his devotion to people and their needs, we are at a […]