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    Judaism's Hack for Your Truest Nature
    Ruth Schapira
    • Mar 21
    • 3 min

    Judaism's Hack for Your Truest Nature

    Our sages were always trying to find the shortest ways to describe complicated concepts. While there are 48 Ways to Wisdom (elucidated in...
    Mountain of Mitzvot? Not!
    Ruth Schapira
    • Aug 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    Mountain of Mitzvot? Not!

    Our tradition tells us that the sole purpose of Torah is for us to refine our character, and the way toward that end is through action,...
    Accepting Missteps
    Ruth Schapira
    • May 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Accepting Missteps

    How tolerant are we of our own mistakes? Do we forgive others more easily than we forgive ourselves? Should we hold ourselves in contempt...
    Your Light of Wisdom
    Ruth Schapira
    • May 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Your Light of Wisdom

    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...
    The Spiritual Steps of the Omer
    Ruth Schapira
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Spiritual Steps of the Omer

    This year, I am involving myself more personally and seriously than ever before in the counting of the Omer, the period of time between...
    Passover: The Inner Message of Freedom
    Ruth Schapira
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Passover: The Inner Message of Freedom

    Hebrew is full of secrets, embedded with layers and layers of meaning, woven from the thread of reality as Judaism sees it. I happened on...
    The Jewish Meaning of Happiness
    Ruth Schapira
    • Mar 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Jewish Meaning of Happiness

    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...
    Your soul is speaking, are you listening?
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Your soul is speaking, are you listening?

    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...
    Add your light to the darkness
    Ruth Schapira
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Add your light to the darkness

    In the times of Noah, there was total lawlessness in the world. Just 10 generations (according to tradition) after Adam, the world is in...
    sharing my Jewish journey with you
    Ruth Schapira
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    sharing my Jewish journey with you

    (Posted originally on “Reclaiming Judaism”) This blog has become an intimate part of my life. I began writing it in 2011 as part of a...
    A corona Yom Kippur
    Ruth Schapira
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    A corona Yom Kippur

    If you would have asked me what words come to mind when I think about Yom Kippur, the word joy would never have made the top ten list....
    The True Jewish Meaning of Love
    Ruth Schapira
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    The True Jewish Meaning of Love

    This is a new experience for me, responding to a reader request! After reading a post on Gratitude, I was asked to write about Love....
    Elul: The vanity of individualism
    Ruth Schapira
    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 4 min

    Elul: The vanity of individualism

    “..the more enamored we are of our selves, the more fixed we are in our own ‘realities’, limiting the possibilities of our awareness.”...
    What is a mitzvah, really?
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    What is a mitzvah, really?

    Mitzvah. Good deed? Commandment? You might be most familiar with the word mitzvah as it appears in Bar or Bat Mitzvah which is usually...
    Do we own our Jewish history?
    Ruth Schapira
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Do we own our Jewish history?

    I read something from an unlikely source that struck my deepest core as a Jew, and came to a full stop at a passage from the first...
    The one summer I chose Israel
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    The one summer I chose Israel

    At different times in my life, Jewish educators would often prompt seminar audiences to describe and prioritize their Jewish identity....
    What I Learned About Leadership From An Evangelical Minister
    Ruth Schapira
    • Dec 20, 2016
    • 3 min

    What I Learned About Leadership From An Evangelical Minister

    Here’s what I learned about engaging lay people from an Evangelical minister during a holiday dinner party: a faith community’s goals...
    Marketing Jewish Education for Now and Later
    Ruth Schapira
    • Sep 7, 2016
    • 2 min

    Marketing Jewish Education for Now and Later

    Sales. Marketing. Branding. Social Media Presence. Analytics. SEO. ROI. Just a few short years ago, terms like these were absent from...
    From Jewish Camp to Home: Five Easy Things to Do
    Ruth Schapira
    • Aug 11, 2016
    • 2 min

    From Jewish Camp to Home: Five Easy Things to Do

    How can your Jewish community maximize campers’ experiences when they arrive home? Summer camp is exhilarating for our Jewish teens. For...
    Nine Unexpected Ways That Jewish Culture Fascinates Asians
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 12, 2016
    • 3 min

    Nine Unexpected Ways That Jewish Culture Fascinates Asians

    What if we took our New Year Celebration to the streets? What are we, as Jews, missing? Clearly something, since others, especially...
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