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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...
    The Hidden Meaning of Responsibility
    Ruth Schapira
    • Mar 1
    • 3 min

    The Hidden Meaning of Responsibility

    Responsibility, Achrayut / אחריות is one of the character traits that a person focuses on while practicing Mussar and engaging in...
    Discover Your Essence
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 13
    • 2 min

    Discover Your Essence

    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...
    Just one thing we don't think about...
    Ruth Schapira
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Just one thing we don't think about...

    Expanding our thinking beyond the physical.
    Egoism versus Altruism
    Ruth Schapira
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Egoism versus Altruism

    When we think of the word egotistical, it often has negative connotations. However, it is interesting to note that over time, our culture...
    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,...
    Changing Day by Day
    Ruth Schapira
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Changing Day by Day

    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...
    Sorry! j/k, lol....
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jun 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sorry! j/k, lol....

    In this era of constantly expanding communications we simultaneously contracting understanding.
    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...
    Shabbat is an Island Escape
    Ruth Schapira
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Shabbat is an Island Escape

    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...
    You can listen by writing
    Ruth Schapira
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    You can listen by writing

    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...
    What Tikkun Olam really means
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    What Tikkun Olam really means

    Tikkun Olam, תיקון עולם, literally "Repair the World" is a Jewish concept that barely needs definition. Showing up in many places, it is...
    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...
    I wonder who atheists thank?
    Ruth Schapira
    • Jan 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    I wonder who atheists thank?

    The saying “there are no atheists in foxholes” presumes that once under the threat of death, the most avowed atheist will plead to God...
    Why should I change?
    Ruth Schapira
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Why should I change?

    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...
    Sacred Relationships
    Ruth Schapira
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sacred Relationships

    When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human. Martin Buber The middle-aged...
    Funny, I only hear from you when you need something.
    Ruth Schapira
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Funny, I only hear from you when you need something.

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