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 […]
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Praying with Two Hearts — By The Anonymous Blogger
Mishneh 4:21 in Pirkei Avos reads, Rabbi Elazar Ha-Kapar says, Kinah, Taivah, and Kavod drive a man out of the world. Kinah is translated as envy or jealousy. Kavod is the […]
Joel Osteen Made Me a More Spiritual and Religious Jew — By The Anonymous Blogger
Evangelical minister Joel Osteen made me understand why becoming a more spiritual Orthodox Jew was important in my life. Growing up in California to parents of the Orthodox Jewish faith […]
Hard but Good: Chronic Pain’s Journey into Motherhood — By Ilana Tatarsky
“You think you have no energy now? Just wait…” I am nine months pregnant with my first child and am scratching my head as to why this well-meaning person thinks […]
Divine Hug in Real Time — By Barbara Heller
There’s a song by the great Sara Bareilles, “Hold My Heart”. That song was playing in my head this morning. Its one of her lesser known hits but it always […]
Re’eh: To See or To Be Seen — By Barbara Heller
I once heard a great Jewish leader, Stuie Wax say, “If you wanna understand what is going on in the world for the week just look to the Parsha.” It […]
Is our ability to speak a blessing or a curse? Parsha Balak — By Barbara Heller
If you’re meant to change someone’s life with your words can you? What’s the opposite of inserting foot in mouth syndrome? I don’t believe that it’s being a wall flower […]
