Cause & Effect

Try to imagine life without the word “because.”

The Hebrew word for giving, natan, is a palindrome, which reveals a deep truth about the reciprocal dynamic of giving: When one gives, they also receive in return. Baal Haturim Exodus 30:12. In a recent study, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin, and Michael...

To what extent do Divine providence, free choice, and cause-and-effect intersect? Or do they?

Something else was bothering my friend. She couldn’t accept the fact that something so small and simple as saying a few words, or any of the multitude of actions that are done throughout my day, actually make a difference...