Devarim – Don’t Wanna Hear It — By Ben
With this week’s parsha, we begin reading the final book of the Torah, Devarim (aka Deuteronomy). This book is different from the other books in that it’s virtually one long speech […]
The Struggle… In Finding Unity, In Life And In Writing This Blog – By Marc
There are times when posts just come to me… flow out of me with great ease. There are days when I struggle to come up with something I think is […]
The Dinner Party — By Ben
Recently I was at a friend’s house for Shabbos dinner. And even though it was a Shabbos dinner, the crowd wasn’t particularly observant. Some guests drove there. One person checked their phone. And […]
Rebbe Nachman And The Battle To Find Great Joy In Deep Depression – By Marc
One of the warnings I was given when I began my newly invigorated pursuit of Judaism was to not let myself get overwhelmed… to not take on too much at […]
Pinchas: No Country for Old Zealots — By Ben
The Torah has no shortage of troubling passages. But few are as disturbing as the actions of Pinchas and the Torah’s opinion about them. If you’re unfamiliar with it I’ll give […]
Seek And You Shall Find… Or Maybe Not! – By Marc
So… I did leave something out of a quote last week… and only because it would have opened a whole new conversation… You know one of those potentially never-ending, heavily […]
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 […]
Stop The World, I Want To Get Off… Or At Least Make It A Much Better Ride – By Marc
We wake… Sometimes with a pounding headache… or maybe even some dread… If we watched the news the night before and drifted off to that, some horrible stories may have […]
Chukas – A Sentence: The Tragedy of Moses and the Rock — By Ben
In this week’s Torah portion, one of the most confusing and tragic events befalls our prophet Moses. He has been leading the Jewish people in the desert for an exhausting 40 […]
Finding The Holy In Unholy Places And Unholy Times — By Marc
That sounds a little dramatic… and I am not trying to be like a typical evening news story and create a catchy and tidy, catch-phrase headline to help define (and […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 