Ruth Schapira
Netflix's "Jewish Matchmaking" to the Rescue
The new Netflix series "Jewish Matchmaking" deserves my appreciation, but probably not for the reasons you think. I already knew a great...
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4 ways to add meaning to a Bar / Bat Mitzvah
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...
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Mind and Motion
Judaism's Awareness of the Body-Mind Connection Judaism offers an incredible teaching about how our minds and bodies work together, and...
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Can we be commanded to love?
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...
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Soul versus Ego
A story told from the soul perspective is “the story beneath the ego story, the one with the thread of truth running through it..." ~...
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The Meaning of Inner Joy
Inner Joy - Simcha Simcha means the inner joy that has nothing to do with laughter and music and everything to do with knowledge that...
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More bad news? What Judaism says:
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...
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where did my Passover go?
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',...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Finding Sanctuary
The physical space that encloses us and our prayers is often exquisitely beautiful and majestic, speaking to a different realm entirely....
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Sorry! j/k, lol....
In this era of constantly expanding communications we simultaneously contracting understanding.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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