I once heard faith defined as “believing in something when logic and reason tell you different.” But as Jews, we love logic and reason… It is part of our core… […]
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that my posts sometimes veer into the secular. A large part of that is because that is the world I […]
Aside from drinking champagne (Kosher champagne), making toasts, counting down as the ball drops in Times Square and trying to make it the BEST NIGHT EVER (Okay, I’ve never bought […]
I almost feel like my life can be measured BMIT and AMIT… Before My Israel Trip and After… The changes have been dramatic… in the way I understand and pursue Judaism… […]
Thanks to Wikipedia for the following: “The tradition that 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי”ג מצוות: taryag mitzvot, “613 mitzvot”) is the number of mitzvot in the Torah, began in the 3rd century CE, when Rabbi Simlai mentioned it in a […]
When studying the Tanya we learn that there are two souls… and to put it nicely, it is the Natural Soul and the Jewish Soul. We all have Natural Souls… […]
There really are no coincidences… It’s amazing how things just seem to connect and support each other at the same time. But then again, that is Hashem… and when we […]
So many things to ponder… so many miracles to observe and embrace. It seems only fitting to write about that, as Chanukah starts on Sunday night. First, this is our […]
Crazy times… Sad times… and yet my favorite American holiday is around the corner… Heck, forget the corner, it is two days away. I always feel a […]
Often at live shows U2’s Bono opens up “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by declaring: “This is not a rebel song.” The lyrics are searing and poignant… and sadly all too fitting […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 