Bedikas Chametz: Search and Destroy — By Ben
Jews around the world are scrambling to get ready for Pesach, the most stressful of all the Jewish holidays. For the uninitiated, Passover (as the holiday is also known) is […]
Category Archives: Holidays
The Days of Christmas Fast — By Ben
I must confess, I’ve always loved the Christmas season. I like the songs, the lights, the flavored coffees, the sales! I love Home Alone, A Christmas Carol, and A Nightmare […]
Lights, Action, Chanukah – By Marc
Before I start, I do have to say I recently had a very angry yell at G-d. A dear friend of mine just lost his father, and I am hurt […]
A Chanukah Covid Test — By Ben
It is Wednesday morning and I’m sitting in the lobby of my doctor’s office waiting to be called for a rapid antigen test. Though I’ve only been sitting for about […]
Gratitude And Todahgiving… The Power Of Giving Thanks Daily – By Marc
My favorite holiday has always been Thanksgiving… that is to say my favorite secular holiday. While our family did not really have any set traditions, I will always recall the […]
Yetzer Hatov Or Yetzer Hara: The Danger Of Lessons Unlearned – By Marc
Pushed and pulled… stuck in the middle… head spinning. This is how I feel on a daily basis. The news is hard to digest. I constantly check myself to make […]
Bitachon in the Sukkah — By Ben
The Chovos HaLevavos starts out Shaar Habitchon’s introduction with the following idea, “If someone places trust in any entity other than Hashem, Hashem withdraws His Providence from upon him and […]
Rosh Hashanah – Taking a Breath — By Ben
Take a deep breath.Catch your breath.Don’t hold your breath.Save your breath. It seems that when we are overwhelmed, doing ab crunches, or panicking from the throngs of life’s most tenuous […]
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 […]
Tu B’Av – More than the Jewish Valentine’s Day — By Ben
If you’re not super observant you’ve probably never heard of the holiday of Tu B’Av. Translated to mean the 15th day of the Jewish month of Av, it is a […]
