Responsibility, Achrayut / אחריות is one of the character traits that a person focuses on while practicing Mussar and engaging in...

Expanding our thinking beyond the physical.

When we think of the word egotistical, it often has negative connotations. However, it is interesting to note that over time, our culture...

The physical space that encloses us and our prayers is often exquisitely beautiful and majestic, speaking to a different realm entirely....

In this era of constantly expanding communications we simultaneously contracting understanding.

How tolerant are we of our own mistakes? Do we forgive others more easily than we forgive ourselves? Should we hold ourselves in contempt...

Our days are rather filled "up" with day-to-day undertakings, and sometimes we barely get in all the activities we schedule. So where and...

This year, I am involving myself more personally and seriously than ever before in the counting of the Omer, the period of time between...

Happy. It's often a response [I just want them to be happy] to the question "What do you want for your children?" Being happy is what our...

Every week, I get to imagine the world as it should be. As Friday night approaches, I look forward to the total disconnect I will have...

Tikkun Olam, תיקון עולם, literally "Repair the World" is a Jewish concept that barely needs definition. Showing up in many places, it is...

Aren't I the only one here? What's this business about me, a soul and all this spirituality stuff? There's a lot of talk about soul (not...

The saying “there are no atheists in foxholes” presumes that once under the threat of death, the most avowed atheist will plead to God...

How different am I this week than I was the week before? The chameleon has it relatively easy. Spending not too much energy, he gets a...

When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human. Martin Buber The middle-aged...

Several years ago, on a lazy Sunday morning toward the end of a weekend getaway, my husband and I were strolling down the main street in...

Gratitude is being present in order to experience awe When we are truly present we experience something riveting. The timeless nature of...

The more distance there is between times of connection, the more distant you feel...

For most of us, these times are difficult and as many have said, this year has wreaked plenty of havoc in our lives. If we even begin to...

In what ways do I acknowledge God as the Source? Do I see the miraculous every day, or am I blinded by my own security in the regularity of