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Three Inspiring Life Lessons from the Sukkah
By Rafi Weinstein Today is the first day of the seven-day holiday known as Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Though the Torah commands: "You shall live in booths seven days" (Leviticus 23:42), growing...
Redemption God Style
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz There is a joke that describes a dialogue between a poor Jew and God. “God, what is a million dollars to you?” the Jew asks. “It is not even a penny,” God answers. “And...
How Far Away is Heaven?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kids ask the toughest questions. “How far away is heaven?” It is surprising how often the answers can be found in the Bible or in Jewish sources. But in this case, the...
Who is Really Responsible for the Redemption?
By Chaim Barzel I recently read a story originally told by Mendy Kofman about a Jewish family that survived Communist Russia and resettled in the USA. Against all odds, this family remained Torah...
Jonah: What a Storm Can Teach You About Repentance
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the day we spend fasting and praying for repentance, is always rough for me. Fasting means no coffee. Last year, I dragged myself out of bed...
The High Holidays: Everyone’s Holiday
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz When I think about the High Holidays, I picture synagogues full of Jews, the men wrapped in snow-white prayer shawls swaying silently, the women praying fervently. They are...
The Still Small Voice of the Shofar
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I had the remarkable merit of learning in Yeshiva (school for Torah study) with Barya Shachter, now a truly inspirational leader of a spiritual community. He is the son of...
Is Fallible Man the Best Beneficiary of the Torah?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My teenage son came to me on the Sabbath with a real dilemma: “Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is impossible,” he said. I understood him and, to be honest, a large part of...
Yes You Can!
By Shira Schechter Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726-1778), an early Hasidic master and kabbalist in Poland, once told the following story (as recorded in Bar Mitzvah & Tefillin Secrets: The...
The Ideal Quality in a Leader… Arranging Benches?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The world is going through a crisis in leadership. So many countries are struggling with essential issues. Israel is about to go to the polls for the fifth time in three...
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