Chanukah… It’s The Light – By Marc
There is a classic quote to describe every Jewish holiday… and one that I am sure many of us have used at one point or another. It is: “They tried […]
Category Archives: Holidays
The Lost iPhone of Kanfei Nesharim — By Ben
As you may know I recently spent a few months in Israel. Most of it was spent studying, but I did some sight seeing and I found some really special […]
Vezos Habracha – The End of the Torah
With all the excitment of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Succos, Shemini Atzeres, and Simchat Torah, it’s very easy to miss the final parsha of the Torah, Vezos Habracha. It’s the […]
Why We Really Fast on Yom Kippur – By Ben
As we approach Yom Kippur tomorrow night, I wanted to relate an extraordinary teaching given by the Rosh Yeshiva of Shapell’s Darche Noam. It was a comprehensive lesson that I’m […]
Searching For Solid And Common Ground – By Marc
If you’re like me, you go into this period looking for some real insight… something to move you forward and into the New Year with renewed energy and faith. […]
Rosh Hashana – Five Years’ Difference — By Ben
It was 2012 Exactly five years ago this Rosh Hashana. I’m at the Aish Explanatory High Holiday service in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The Rabbi is marching around the bimah, […]
Our Souls Compose… Orchestrating The New Year – By Marc
There is so much to say… so much to write about this holiday. But I will allow the words of my very wise mentor, teacher and friend to lead me […]
Making True Peace is Not About Being Silent – By Barbara Heller
Sometime in mid-Av, 5777 or July of 2017, I found myself walking and sweating profusely in the streets of Tiberias (Northern Israel) and I sat down to write the following […]
We Are SO NOT In Control… The Humbling Power Of Humility – By Marc
“Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” Some may remember a take on this quote from Willy Wonka […]
Tisha B’Av, A Day To Really Connect To Our Sadness – By Marc
I am posting today, in anticipation of Tisha B’Av starting this evening. The word holiday implies a celebration. In Europe, you go ON Holiday (here, we call it vacation). So […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 