Originally featured on Arutz Sheva. Sometimes, it’s the times in life when we are most uninspired that we must force ourselves to do whatever it is that is so daunting a task. For me, writing often requires inspiration. There are times when I am struck by the lightning bolt of inspiration, and the Divine force… Continue reading The Dance of Life
Author: H.L. Sheyman
Exile
Midnight Musings
Originally featured on Vision Magazine. There are always a million thoughts and feelings swimming around the eternal perimeter of my mind. In the background, the sound of the nostalgic Friday night song, Shalom Aleichem. Floating on the periphery, the sundry details of the day that I mull over in my head, the tasks I must accomplish. At… Continue reading Midnight Musings
“Next year in Jerusalem.”
Originally featured on Arutz Sheva. I used to say that automatically, without much thought. Sure, I had been dreaming of Israel since childhood, but the concept of living in Israel was still a nebulous thought, a reality that seemed far removed from this bastion of Western Civilization, the United States. Fast forward to Pesach of… Continue reading “Next year in Jerusalem.”
Jerusalem
The Promised Land
The God Power
Two
It was another day, another dollar (so to speak). I’ve been falling into a bit of chaos in my life lately; not exactly anything unmanageable, but the kind of anxiety that sneaks into your sleeping schedule (or lack thereof), poisons your dreams with fear and stress, and prevents you from feeling like a normal, functioning… Continue reading Two
Grow, Grow!
Derech
Do you not know - have you have not heard - an everlasting God is the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth; He neither tires nor wearies; there is no fathoming His understanding. Who gives the tired strength, and to him who has no strength, He increases strength. Now youths shall become… Continue reading Derech









