The ways in which we respond to events that defy our understanding, defines who we are. 

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Male-female intimacy is a unique moment where the needs of each are met by fulfilling the needs of the other. This is the ultimate meaning of shalom.

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We will never adopt universal norms against the halacha, against Torah חו"ש. However, universal principles of morality to inform the way we understand, interpret and apply the halacha. 

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The potential useage of a commodity is almost infinite. Not so a manufactured product. In ideas and learning as well, there are principles that function like commodities with very wide application, and there are well-worked ideas whose application is much narrower.

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Halacha defines things not only by their chemistry but also by the nouns that describe them and by their appearance.

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Taking something that doesn’t belong to anyone else but nor does it belong to you.

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Unlike other disciplines, mastery of Torah demands not only intellect and skill, but also character. And without character, distortion is inevitable.

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Having distinguished between ownership (ba’alut) – which is an enforceable right, and an unenforcible right (zechut), if one steals something over which another has an unenforcible right, is he a thief? 

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At times we have obligations that transcend the legal: An obligation in Hashem’s sustem of justice (different from ours), and a moral obligation, a midat hassidut. – where my obligation stems from who I am not from what you are entitled to.

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Always distinguish between what is being quoted from earlier sources and what is being independently extrapolated.

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