Step by Step: Freedom Is a Process
Why do we count the days between Pesach and Shavuos? The Nesivos Shalom teaches that the Omer helps us to continue the process of freedom...
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- May 31, 2022
Shavuos: When We Give, We Receive Much More
It’s interesting that on Shavuos, the holiday when we celebrate receiving the Torah, we read Megillas Ruth, the book of Ruth. What is the...
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- Sep 19, 2017
Shanah Tovah: Remove Distraction & Reconnect
I am writing this post with a full heart. As you can see, I gave birth to a precious, beautiful girl this summer. Her name is Rachel...
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- Jun 14, 2017
Challah: What We Knead To Know
Some Background Growing up, I knew that it was customary to eat Challah on Shabbat, but I didn’t know that the actual mitzvah of Challah...
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- Apr 26, 2017
Growing Each Day Despite Negativity
From the second night of Passover, we begin a 49-day period known as the “Omer.” We count each day, for seven weeks, until Shavuot, the...
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- Apr 4, 2017
How Can I Get The Most Out Of The Seder Experience?
5 Ways To Enhance Your Seder Experience Growing up, I would arrive at my relatives’ house for the Seder with a fuzzy recollection of what...
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- Mar 30, 2017
Pesach: The Time Of Our Personal Freedom
The Lubavitcher Rebbe teaches, “in every generation, and every day, a Jew must see himself as if he had that day been liberated from...
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- Mar 14, 2017
Tips for a Non-Toxic, Joy-Filled Passover Cleaning
Now that Purim is over, Passover is on everyone’s mind. One of the mitzvahs of Passover is to remove all traces of “chametz,” or bread...
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- Mar 9, 2017
A Modern-Day Purim Story: Nothing Is Random
Trump holds a banquet at the White House to celebrate his presidency. Top members of the Jewish community are invited. Kosher food will...
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- Feb 23, 2017
Why Inspiration Fades & How To Make It Last
Although we received the Torah in last week’s Torah portion, Yisro, the Torah’s recounting of the events is not chronological here. This...
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- Feb 9, 2017
Know That It Is Good: How To Turn Complaints Into Gratitude
When God splits the sea and the Jewish people cross through from slavery to freedom, Miriam takes out her tambourine and the women play...
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- Feb 3, 2017
The Modern Day Exodus
Returning to the epic Exodus story, Egypt is a hot mess. The Nile turns to blood; frogs, lice, wild animals, and locusts run rampant; and...
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- Jan 20, 2017
Are We Truly Free?
Many people think that freedom is living a life with no restriction. Is it? Many also believe that by having such freedom, we are not...
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- Jan 13, 2017
A Blessing For The End of Days
We are in a period of human history that the Torah refers to as the “End of Days.” Our writings teach that this period before the Messiah...
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- Dec 22, 2016
The Hanukah Lights and Reclaiming Our Identity
Continuing from last week’s article, what was so dangerous about the Greek’s persecution of the Jews? In short, the Greek philosophy...
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- Dec 15, 2016
The Real Miracle of Hanukah
We are all familiar with the story of Hanukah. After the Greeks continued to restrict Jewish practices, a small group of Jewish Torah...
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- Dec 8, 2016
The Ladder of Life
My Bat Mitzvah took place during this week’s parsha, Parsha Vayeitzei. I didn’t actually remember that; only once I returned to my Jewish...
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- Nov 3, 2016
Noah’s Flood: Natural or Miraculous?
Why The Flood? Why would G-d, after creating the world and all of animal and human life, destroy most of life so soon after? The Talmud...
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- Oct 23, 2016
A Good Eye and A Good Heart
Shemini Atzeret, (literally “The Eighth Day of Assembly”) which starts tonight, is linked to Sukkot but is a holiday in its own right....
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- Oct 21, 2016
Shofar and Sukkah and Species! Oh My!
On Sukkot we are commanded to shake four species: the etrog (citron), which represents the heart, the lulav (palm branch), which...
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