Value

We are a bunch of basketballs. Throughout our lives we are thrown to the depths, with the intention of rising. The harder we are thrown, the greater we can rise. But, we must be full...

Money is a fiction. It's not a measure of worth. It's a means not an end. What we give is more ours than what we gain. And "financial security" comes from a much higher place than stock portfolios...

How much is that gazzillionaire REALLY worth? Sometimes it takes a stickfigure to give us some perspective...

We can debate all day who the best second baseman is; what is objectively verifiable is who the highest paid player is. The math is very simple: I make more than you, hence I am more valuable than you!

When his wife Sarah passed away, Abraham was offered an incredible bargain: a free burial plot. Abraham's refusal to accept teaches us something about the worth of bargains...

Is there ever a good reason to destroy a national treasure? A trip to the National Archives got me thinking about this subject...

Considering that gold has virtually no practical use, why is it so treasured? And why did G-d command us to use it in the construction of the Tabernacle?

There is an interesting distinction made in Jewish law between different types of utensils.

Once, while a king was hunting in the forest, night fell earlier than expected. The king and his entourage could not find the path back to the palace. After hours of wandering, they glimpsed a light glowing in the distance. Feeling optimistic, they headed...

He was standing by the side of the road speaking through the open window of my car. "From this moment on," I said to him, "every good deed I do will also be credited to your account..."