Letting Go And Holding On: The High Holy Days Simplified – By Marc
Letting go of control or admitting you are not in control should be a relatively easy thing to do. And yet human beings have great difficulty with this. Heck, I […]
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When The World Is Spinning, Open Your Hands And Your Heart, And Know You Are Never Alone – By Marc
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 […]
From Words To Actions: Making Resolutions Count – By Marc
Thanks to the wisdom of my two main Rabbis, mentors and friends, Rabbi Shlomo Seidenfeld and Rabbi Avi Rabin, I have embarked on a new journey this year. The first involves daily […]
Chosen And Choosing: What It Means To Be A Jew – By Marc
Being Jewish is joyous, or at least it can be and should be. But being Jewish is not easy. Neither is being the “Chosen People.”In fact, we have often been […]
From Pittsburgh With Light – By Marc
Last week’s Parsha Chaya Sarah, the first after the horrific events in Pittsburgh, opens with the funeral of Sarah. A funeral! While I know there are no coincidences, it still […]
The “Open Book” Test And How To Best Take It – By Marc
An “Open Book Test” is one where we can literally use the text-book, or online pages to help us pass an exam. On one hand, it reduces the test […]
The Best Of 2017… Bringing It Into 2018 – By Marc
Time flies…whether you’re having fun or not. It really does. While we function on the Jewish New Year, we also recognize the end of the year and the beginning of […]
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. […]
I Have Been Changed For Good – By Marc
In honor of Shavuot, which begins tonight… “Hairs may turn white The brain may slow But as long as we keep learning We will continue to grow.” I often use […]
The Sounds Of Hebrew – By Marc
I was all set with another post… and then something happened. Something profound… Something heartbreaking and powerful… and then it transformed into something beautiful… Something that will stay with me for […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 