The shofar’s cry is God calling out my name, looking for me. If you have ever lost a child in a crowded place, you know the...
Three ways to prepare for your personal judgment day. How should we view ourselves standing before God on Rosh Hashanah? A rather enigmatic piece of Talmud...
It was on Rosh Chodesh Elul some 3,328 years ago that Moshe Rabbeinu climbed Har Sinai again, carrying blank marble tablets. Again he stayed up there...
A handy checklist of everything you need to know for the New Year. Pre-Rosh Hashanah A key component of Rosh Hashanah preparation is to ask for...
“Rabbi Chanina ben (son of) Chachi’nie said, one who stays awake at night or travels on the road alone and leaves his heart open to idleness...
The last month of the Jewish calendar is actually the most important – serving as preparation for the High Holidays. If you had an important court...
“Rabbi Shimon said, three people who ate at the same table and did not speak words of Torah are as if they had eaten from sacrifices...
With only 30 days left in the year, Elul is a time of yearning, forgiveness and return. (Continued from last week) 2. Reciting Selichot. The Selichot...
Part I – “Rabbi Shimon said, three people who ate at the same table and did not speak words of Torah are as if they had...
With only 30 days left in the year, Elul is a time of yearning, forgiveness and return. “Remember! Only 30 more shopping days left!” The last...
“Rabbi Chanina ben (son of) Tradyon said, if two people sit together and do not share words of Torah between them, it is a company of...
When you don’t know where to begin, start here. I’m standing at the edge of the boat with a heavy air tank on my back. The...
I have to admit that I stopped in my tracks when I first heard a brilliant young woman make the statement. It encapsulated so much of...
On the ninth day of Av, God teaches us just how painful it is when He isn’t there. “When [the month of] Av begins, we lessen...
How do we mourn what we do not know? Tisha B’Av night we sit on the floor and read from the Book of Lamentations. In a...
Akavia ben Mahalalel said: Keep in mind three things, And you will not come into the hands of sin: Know: From where you came, And to...
