Challah… What Shabbat Really Means (Part 2) – By Marc
Breaking bread… It can literally mean the pulling and tearing apart of bread, as is evident at many a Shabbat meal or after Shabbat services or at a post Bar […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Destructive vs Productive Unity – Video — By Ben
This week Ben is doing a video blog. If you’d like to read more on unity, click here.
Rest… What Shabbat Really Means (Part 1) – By Marc
For most of us, rest has a very specific meaning: The cessation of all work… relaxing… not doing much of anything. I remember when I first started going to Shabbat […]
A Plague of Darkness – Bo — By Ben
The ninth plague to ravage Egypt was חֽשֶׁךְ. Darkness. Now we tend to think of darkness as the absence of light, the way cold is the absence of heat. But if you […]
The World… Through A Jewish Lens – By Marc
How do we perceive the world? How do we see and process events, emotions, tragedies and celebrations?Being a human means a lot of “alone” moments, where it is just us […]
Mercy Vs Justice : Names of God — Va’eira — By Ben
I had an English teacher in 9th grade who delighted in making fun of us in front of the whole class. I remember one time he knocked Yuriy Teslyar’s notebook […]
Caught Between Two Worlds – By Marc
In his book Bringing Heaven Down To Earth II: More Meditations On The Wisdom Of The Rebbe Rabbi M. M. Schneerson, Tzvi Freeman opens with this notion: A World Becoming […]
The Luxury of Pessimism – Shemos — By Ben
Imagine you go to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of wine for Shabbos dinner. You’re going to run in, grab the wine, and pay for it. […]
Do It Anyway! The Art Of Zerizus – By Marc
Today is the day! While we all make resolutions and vows for the New Year, most of them do not start until today. I mean realistically, you cannot make a […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 