In the shadow of October 7th and with 50 precious souls still held captive in Gaza, the Jewish people once again find themselves tested by circumstances that would break lesser spirits. Yet throughout our long history, Jewish resilience has been our defining characteristic. It has meant not merely surviving, but …
Several years ago, I finally blogged about an encounter that I had with my late father during the shiva mourning period (see “They Never Really Leave – Visits From My Dad Z”L After His Passing” on my blog page). What was so uncanny about it was how a cousin of …
Meditative Moments commentaries are opportunities to increase your sense of connection with HaShem, to ease your mind and soul while you read and afterward by using classic Jewish meditation skills. Today we’ll look at how to feel safe despite the headlines and something bothering you. Avraham Avinu and his son …
In my last post I wrote about the death of my father and wrote that I would have a follow-up post about how I saw the hand of G-d on the way home from Chicago to Israel. Because I was still in the middle of shiva, when I left my …
Heather Stoltz recently published an article titled “Being Jewish kind of sucks now that I’m a mom.” In the article, she claims that she is increasingly becoming detached from her synagogue due to the fact that her children make too much noise in order to remain in services. As a …
The essence of Torah education is teaching to truly love learning and living Torah.
The continued existence of the Jewish People, especially the return to our Historic Biblical Homeland threatens and contradicts the very essence of both Christianity and Islam.
A huge part of the entire Tanach is about showing just how hard we have had to struggle to maintain the Torah mentality Hashem wants of us and not fall into Galut Mentality. And we haven’t always completely succeeded, because it requires us to rise up to that level of …
For years, I have watched as thousands have flocked to Hevron for Parashat Chaye Sara. Each year, I say I am going to join them and each year something comes up that prevents that from happening…until this year! There is so much to share and to tell that it makes …
I wanted the group to understand the very basis of Judaism and to stress that we do not accept their premise that the person they worship was a god who brought a new/revised message.
Biblical Shiloh has also been set up as a “fun for the entire family” tourist spot, and I went there today.
