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...

If not now, when? Hillel, Foundational Ethics, 1:14 One should set aside a definitive time of the day and a specific amount of time for...

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...

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

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...

Journaling is an incredible tool that I don't use often enough. I'm not sure why we resist the practice of journaling so much. For me, it...

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...

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

In the times of Noah, there was total lawlessness in the world. Just 10 generations (according to tradition) after Adam, the world is in...

(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...

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....