Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The Middot: Traits to Balance Mussar teachings speak of balance. If I ask you when you’ve felt out of balance, chances are you [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Ethics in Practice: Introducing Mussar There’s a beautiful prayer that begins the morning service: אֱלֹהַי נְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַֽתָּ בִּי טְהוֹרָה הִיא אַתָּה בְרָאתָהּ [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 9, 2024
Aristotle, Maimonides, and Jewish Ethics It may surprise you to learn that one of the most influential figures in Jewish thought was [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 6, 2024
Despite claims to the contrary, the simple fact is that our connection to the land of Israel spans thousands of years. We [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 5, 2024
This week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei, shifts the narrative of the Book of Genesis by portraying the dreadful consequences of deceit. The Book of Genesis [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, December 4, 2024
This week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei, begins with Jacob fleeing the wrath of his brother, Esau. Along his way, he stops for the night [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Today is the second day in the Hebrew month of Kislev, a month which is acknowledged by the rabbis as the second [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 2, 2024
Today is Rosh Chodesh, the first day in the Hebrew month of Kislev. Though Hanukkah does not fall until the twenty-fifth day of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 29, 2024
In October 1863, in the midst of our nation’s bloodiest war, President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, November 28, 2024
וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לָֽךְ(Deuteronomy 8:10)When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to your God יהוה for the [...]