One More Day – Shemini Atzeres — By Ben
Whenever I would leave home to go back to college, or New York, or wherever I was living as an adult, when my dad drove me to the airport there […]
Find Yourself Sitting In The Sukkah – By Marc
From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur to Sukkot to Simchat Torah. This is a remarkable period of time. And I think throughout all of it, the thing that most stands […]
Inscribe My Heart – By Marc
To be clear, I do NOT write these posts for accolades or praise. Though we all love to get those and often feed off them, that is not what drives […]
Yom Kippur – That’s Not How You Do Teshuvah — By Ben
Perhaps you’re familiar with the above sentiment. Out of nowhere you get a call/text/Facebook status update asking for forgiveness for anything your friend/acquaintance/relative might have done to you in the […]
Rosh Hashanah – The Work You’ve Already Done
Rosh Hashanah is a difficult holiday to wrap our heads around. At the forefront there is the notion of being inscribed in the Book of Life and God’s judgement. And […]
The Freedom Of Forgiveness – By Marc
Think Good And Be Good Forgiveness is something to give to another and it is also something we must do for ourselves. Loving ourselves makes us whole, and when we […]
Ki Seitzei – A Dangerous Double Standard — By Ben
It’s two weeks before Rosh Hashanah (Can you believe it? Ach!). Clearly Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. Except in Judaism we have two New Years (actually four, but […]
Everything Can Be A Shofar — By Marc
The great thing about Judaism is that you can “steal” amazing ideas as long as you credit the person you stole from. This entire post will be thanks to Rabbi […]
Elul – It’s Your Move — By Ben
Shortly after I had started becoming observant, I was with my family at an event. As a whole my family has always been supportive of my choices, whether that has […]
People Get Ready – By Marc
For those of you who may be coming late to this party (this blog and my story), you may not know that I myself am coming late to this party. […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 