I’ve been teaching for forty years, mostly to day school graduates. And I’ve noticed something surprising: very few of them have had real educational experiences exploring who God is—or what kind of relationship we’re meant to have with Him. They’re taught about Judaism, Torah, Halakha—but not God.

I won’t explore why that’s the case here, but I do want to talk about the consequences.

We live in a world shaped by beliefs. Beliefs build our reality. They can uplift and energize us—or drain and depress us.