Etz Hasadeh

September 2025

The Poet of Return

Teshuva as Self-Creation

Sep 26 • 

Zohar Atkins

10

1

Neither Day Nor Night

Choosing a Life of Torah and a Torah of Life

Sep 19 • 

Zohar Atkins

13

The Knowing Heart

Why Cognition isn't Enough and the Greatest Skill is Learning How To Learn

Sep 12 • 

Zohar Atkins

11

When Desire Becomes Addiction

The Torah's Recovery Protocol for Hijacked Hearts

Sep 5 • 

Zohar Atkins

9

1

August 2025

The Dialectic of Judgment

When the Sub-Optimal is Ideal in Shoftim and Yehuda Halevi

Aug 29 • 

Zohar Atkins

9

1

Behold!

Behold (re’eh), this day I set before you blessing and curse (Deuteronomy 11:26)

Aug 22 • 

Zohar Atkins

11

1

Start-up Nation

Why God Maintains the Covenant in the Face of Volatility

Aug 15 • 

Zohar Atkins

11

1

The Joseph Question

From Particular Revelation to Universal Recognition

Aug 8 • 

Zohar Atkins

12

Present Through Interpretation

Finding God After the End of Miracles

Aug 1 • 

Zohar Atkins

10

4

July 2025

The Sacred Housing Lottery

Sacrifice and Selection in Mattot-Masei

Jul 25 • 

Zohar Atkins

9

Standing and Acting

How Habit Enables Spontaneous Virtue in Pinchas and Beyond

Jul 18 • 

Zohar Atkins

8