Letting Go And Holding On: The High Holy Days Simplified – By Marc
Letting go of control or admitting you are not in control should be a relatively easy thing to do. And yet human beings have great difficulty with this. Heck, I […]
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Arrest Also Means To Stop – By Marc
Ben often reminds me to make sure my posts come specifically back to Torah or offer up a direct lesson in Judaism. I think they do for the most part, but […]
How Do We Save The World… Do We Build An Ark Or A Tent? – By Marc
Let me preface this by saying that this post is all thanks to my brilliant friend Howard Witkin and his ongoing Pirkei Avos class. His guidance, leadership and teachings have […]
Finding The Light Of Day In The Darkest Mourning – By Marc
Tisha B’Av is a reminder of some incredible loss… both of our Temples (586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E.), and a variety of tragedies and other massacres that befell the Jewish […]
It ALL Matters… But The Truth REALLY Matters – By Marc
“In the end, all that matters is the truth, and whether or not you always do the right thing with it.” – MG We are living in very strange and […]
Speak To, Sing To, Or Smash The Rock – By Marc
Per Ben’s encouragement, I am going to jump into his territory a bit and discuss some elements of the current Parsha.The second time the Jews run out of water, is […]
By Man Or By G-d – By Marc
I would not want to be G-d right now. And I do not say that flippantly or facetiously. How strange and sad and awkward it must be to see what […]
Silence Is Not An Option… Yet Again – By Marc
I love my community. I love being Jewish. I am proud of my Judaism and I am proud of the state of Israel. I do not think she is without […]
We Are Not Alone, We Are Never Alone – By Marc
First off, let me apologize for my absence. I have been struggling a lot lately in the midst of this pandemic, and I suppose I have felt I did not […]
A Plague On ALL Our Houses – By Marc
Let me just say that Matisyahu’s “King Without A Crown” is playing in the background… or is it in my head… I can’t recall… Two sets of lyrics stand out in […]
