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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- Oct 16, 2016
In The Shade of Faith
The underlying happiness during Sukkot is that we celebrate our emunah (faith) and bitachon (trust) in Hashem. The holiday of Sukkot...
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- Oct 13, 2016
Be Happy!
One of my favorite holidays is Sukkot (Hebrew for “booths”). Emerging with clean slates from Yom Kippur, we spend the seven days of...
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- Oct 11, 2016
We Don’t Know Who We Are
Another Yom Kippur. How is it that we haven’t changed so much since last year? Last night I heard one of the greatest Rabbis in L.A....
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- Oct 10, 2016
Last Step: Forgiveness
In my post last week, we spoke about the main steps of teshuvah, but there is one more crucial step. When we admit that we have hurt...
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- Oct 7, 2016
Practical Steps to Being Better Tomorrow
During the Ten Days of Teshuvah, it is a propitious time to do teshuvah because G-d is close to us. He is like a King who has left his...
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- Oct 6, 2016
Turn, Turn, Turn
The Byrds made King Solomon’s words famous in the modern era. In Kohelet, also known as the Book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote,...
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- Oct 2, 2016
The Secret To Our Best Year Yet
Rosh Hashanah is almost here. On these days, everything will be decided for the coming year: our health, our finances, our relationships,...
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- Sep 30, 2016
The Sound of the Shofar Is The Cry of Our Broken Hearts
The main mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah is to hear the shofar. According to the Nesivos Sholom, a great Rabbi from the previous generation,...
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- Sep 29, 2016
God Judges Us How We Judge Others
Today’s #HighHolideas is dedicated to the aliyah (elevation) of the neshama (soul) of Elimelech Ben Basya, the young grandson of my Rabbi...
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- Sep 28, 2016
God Is Our Father and Our King
Avinu Malkeinu, Our Father, Our King, is a main prayer that we say during the High Holidays. On Rosh Hashanah, which is Hebrew for “the...
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- Sep 27, 2016
Getting The Best WiFi in Prayer
Imagine you got a chance to meet with Prince William and Kate Middleton. Imagine if during the meeting, you pulled out your phone to...
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- Sep 26, 2016
Why Do We Need To Pray?
Why do we need to pray to G-d? G-d is inherently perfect; He doesn’t need our prayers. We need to pray. The Hebrew word for praying is...
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- Sep 15, 2016
My Worst (Or Best?) Rosh Hashanah
I thought my first Rosh Hashanah in Israel would be so high, but I was in for a rude awakening when after two hours I had had enough....
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