The new Netflix series "Jewish Matchmaking" deserves my appreciation, but probably not for the reasons you think. I already knew a great...

Of course there's meaning in the ceremony, but often the goal of sustained impact is not as easy as you might think. Teens are exposed...

Judaism's Awareness of the Body-Mind Connection Judaism offers an incredible teaching about how our minds and bodies work together, and...

We live in a tangible and physical world, and it is the very nature of our surroundings that creates automatic obstacles in connecting...

Ahavah ~ Love From a young age, we are taught to recite the Shema, saying "And you shall love God, your God..." But can we be commanded...

A story told from the soul perspective is “the story beneath the ego story, the one with the thread of truth running through it..." ~...

Inner Joy - Simcha Simcha means the inner joy that has nothing to do with laughter and music and everything to do with knowledge that...

I am not sure how, if I didn't have a spiritual practice, I would get through the day after a dose of daily news. Even though I severely...

The passage of time has been nothing short of startling for me. During the midst of the pandemic, and even now as things are 'easing up',...

Our sages were always trying to find the shortest ways to describe complicated concepts. While there are 48 Ways to Wisdom (elucidated in...

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...

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,...

The rhythm of the Jewish calendar allows us to sense a deeper level of experience beyond the seasonal changes. As we leave the month of...

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...

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...