We read Psalm 27 daily for fifty days straight, from the beginning of the month of Elul through the end of Sukkot. By [...]

As we lead up to the holiday of Sukkot, one where we normally enjoy large gatherings for eight days in a row, we [...]

Where has this week vanished? Is it lost forever? Will I ever recover anything from it? The joy of life, the unexpected victory, [...]

Jewish tradition offers us many ways to understand God, and the Hebrew language has over one hundred names for the Divine. Each of [...]

My dad and I share a common taste in books and movies and for many years we have shared in an informal book [...]

Illuminate the welders in shipyards with the brilliance of their torches. Let the crane operator lift up his arm for joy. Let the [...]

וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת Receive all people with a pleasant countenance. -Pirkei Avot 1:15 Every morning Adam, Ruby, and I [...]

On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there will be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred occasion. [...]

The patient person shows much good sense, but the quick-tempered one displays folly at its height.               [...]

I have always found prayer difficult. So often it seems like a fruitless game of hide-and-seek where we seek and God hides...yet I [...]