Sukkot always seems to arrive at the wrong time — just as the year gets colder, busier, and harder to slow down. But maybe that’s the point. The sukkah reminds us that joy doesn’t wait for the “right” moment; it’s built in the middle of life’s chaos. 🍂
The Chovos HaLevavos starts out Shaar Habitchon’s introduction with the following idea, “If someone places trust in any entity other than Hashem, Hashem withdraws His Providence from upon him and […]
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 […]
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 […]
It was almost a month ago when I noticed a woman wearing a bright yarmulke as I pulled into the parking lot of my usual Starbucks. I’m not going to […]
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 […]
So here we go again… Sukkah… Succah… Chanukkah… Hanukah… I’m going with sukkah… and luckily I was able to spend some time in four of them. Thanks to Howard, Jonah, […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 