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 […]
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 […]
Tisha B’Av is a reminder of some incredible loss… both of our Temples (586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E.), and a variety of tragedies and other massacres that befell the Jewish […]
First off, let me apologize for my absence. I have been struggling a lot lately in the midst of this pandemic, and I suppose I have felt I did not […]
When you grow up in the secular world you learn many things that you assume come from this place or that. They are not necessarily Jewish things or Jewish teachings. […]
If someone was to tell you it’s a good thing to strive to be an intermediate or in the middle, you’d look at them like they were crazy. That is […]
(Album cover for Elton John’s The Diving Board) I was not sure if I should say this out loud and publicly, though I have told a few people. I guess […]
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite “American” holiday. It has been since I was a child. The house is filled with incredible smells and family. No, not smelly family! The […]
“There are no coincidences, it is G-d’s way of remaining anonymous.” – Rabbi Shlomo BistritzkyLike any good Rabbi, Shlomo will say he got this from someone else, but I had […]
A ladder… an anchor… strapping in. Hashem, Community, and Connection and Prayer. All metaphors, and all ways Judaism keeps us on the path and connected to ourselves and to Hashem. Sulam […]
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 […]