Up, Down And All Around… The Genius Of Pirkei Avot 1:6 – By Marc
The title of this post is a bit limiting, as the genius of ALL of Pirket Avot is quite evident. The deep and practical knowledge goes so far beyond the […]
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The Long Shorter Way – By Marc
“Regular daily Torah study is crucial to life itself. It influences not only the soul of the one who studies, but the souls of his family as well, for it […]
Bring Back The Sages, Bring Back The Truth, Bring Back Ourselves – By Marc
Here is a thought I have been wrestling with… the world needs the Sages back… or to be more precise, the world needs US to be Sages. Now more than […]
Not Easy And Beautiful… What It Is To Be A Jew – By Marc
The following is inspired from Rabbi Avi Rabin’s talk at the last Chabad Mensch Night.One only needs to take a look back at history to realize how much of a […]
An American Jew In Paris… Texas – By Marc
All right, you got me… this has nothing to do with Paris… or Texas. Yet it absolutely has to do with being a Jew In America. I of course liked the […]
A Resolution, A Do Over… With Each And Every Breath– By Marc
As an American Jew I feel like I get two do overs every year. One for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and then another for New Year’s Eve. Two times […]
Chosen And Choosing: What It Means To Be A Jew – By Marc
Being Jewish is joyous, or at least it can be and should be. But being Jewish is not easy. Neither is being the “Chosen People.”In fact, we have often been […]
The Light We All Are (Happy Chanukah) – By Marc
In Ben’s great and informative post last week he had a photo that so moved me… brought me to literal tears… and yet, greatly inspired me… I am using it […]
Partners In Healing, Partners In Creation – By Marc
Why isn’t the world perfect?I mean this seems like a logical question, especially if you believe that G-d is perfect. Clearly Hashem has infinite power and can do anything, so […]
Questions And Comfort – By Marc
I write this out of my house, but hoping to get back in this afternoon… Though new flare ups have just erupted in the Lake Sherwood area of Westlake. No, […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 