Why We Really Fast on Yom Kippur – By Ben
As we approach Yom Kippur tomorrow night, I wanted to relate an extraordinary teaching given by the Rosh Yeshiva of Shapell’s Darche Noam. It was a comprehensive lesson that I’m […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Searching For Solid And Common Ground – By Marc
If you’re like me, you go into this period looking for some real insight… something to move you forward and into the New Year with renewed energy and faith. […]
Rosh Hashana – Five Years’ Difference — By Ben
It was 2012 Exactly five years ago this Rosh Hashana. I’m at the Aish Explanatory High Holiday service in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The Rabbi is marching around the bimah, […]
Our Souls Compose… Orchestrating The New Year – By Marc
There is so much to say… so much to write about this holiday. But I will allow the words of my very wise mentor, teacher and friend to lead me […]
Making True Peace is Not About Being Silent – By Barbara Heller
Sometime in mid-Av, 5777 or July of 2017, I found myself walking and sweating profusely in the streets of Tiberias (Northern Israel) and I sat down to write the following […]
We Are SO NOT In Control… The Humbling Power Of Humility – By Marc
“Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” Some may remember a take on this quote from Willy Wonka […]
Ki Savo – Joy to the Word — By Ben
It’s 7:25 am …and I’m standing in the Beis Medrish, eyes closed, having just taken three steps forward. The study hall/shul of the Shapells Darchi Noam Yeshiva is silent. I’m […]
Man vs. G-d And Nature – By Marc
I remember sitting in a Shul getting ready to listen to a lecture from Rabbi Shalom Arush, when I overheard a young man talking to his friend. It was before […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 