How can our homes inspire awe?
By Debbi K. Levy It’s 6:15 p.m., and I just came home from a long but good day of work and pickleball practice with my team. The only thing on…
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January 25, 2023
Hashem is involved in our lives
By Rabbi Howard WolkParashat Bo This Shabbat, 6 Shevat/Jan. 28, is the third yahrzeit of my wife Rebbetzin Annette Wolk, Chanah Bayla bas Yehoshua, z”l. These words are offered in…
January 25, 2023
Action!
By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Ok, so the last few articles have been about listening, speaking, and thinking. Now it’s time to act! We have varying degrees of what we can…
January 25, 2023
What happens when we procrastinate?
Dear Families, We don’t always realize how the Torah addresses issues about our present-day lives. But reading a commentary today from Rabbi Yitzchak Zweig, I learned “and you shall guard…
January 25, 2023
The obligation to seek medical help
Dear Rabbi Fried, There was recently discussion on the radio about the will of God for people to be sick and doctors treating them. If God made them sick, how…
January 25, 2023
Faith, trust and our relationship with G-d
By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Vaera It’s not our challenges themselves that are most challenging, but our ability to meet them calmly, with clarity and trust, without breaking too much in…
January 19, 2023
A story of embarrassment
By Laura Seymour Dear Friends, Yes, another book but this time a children’s book from PJ Library that retells a Talmudic story in a unique way. This story is often…
January 19, 2023
What if one never had a chance to learn about G-d?
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I have read that Maimonides says that there is no place in the afterlife for an atheist. One rabbi explained the idea…
January 19, 2023
Think!
By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Sometimes, our most difficult challenges take place when we are conflicted between what we feel and what we think. Feelings can be extremely intense, and lead…
January 19, 2023
What do we stand for?
By Cantor Sheri AllenParashat Shemot This week we begin a whole new chapter in our family saga. To be more accurate, we begin Book Two in our five-book series, and…
January 10, 2023