Imagine this for a moment: A woman finds her married life frustrating. Her husband is good to her, if a little too jealous for her taste. He doesn’t like when his wife flirts with other men and spends a bit too much time chatting with them – not that any husband would be okay with… Continue reading Jews Are in an Abusive Relationship
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Coronavirus: The King is Coming
Hashem spoke to Moses, saying: ‘When you take a census of the Children of Israel according to their numbers, every man shall give Hashem an atonement for his soul when counting them, so that there will not be a plague among them when counting them…Exodus 30:11-12 Last Friday, in honor of Shabbat, I read the… Continue reading Coronavirus: The King is Coming
Why Are We Embracing Tohu Va’vohu?
The God Power
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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
Rededication
We must start over every day, and sometimes many times each day. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Chanukah, which comes from the Hebrew word for “dedication,” is a beautiful holiday of lights. During winter, the darkest time of the year, we light up the nights in remembrance of days long ago. Chanukah was a time of… Continue reading Rededication
Fear
What is your worst fear? So many of us lead lives lived in fear. Some of us are so used to the fear, we do not even recognize it anymore. It has become one with us, bound to us, the quiet whisper in the deepest parts of the night we forget upon waking. We move… Continue reading Fear
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What do we do when we want God in our lives? We must invite Him in. Our relationship with God must be a constant invitation. In everything we do - "when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up" (Deuteronomy 6:7)… Continue reading Home