How do you deal with disappointment—especially when you feel like you have done everything correctly? I was having a conversation with a friend of mine the other day; he is a man of deep faith in a higher power he chooses to call God. He was saying to me that his greatest challenges in life…

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I have for you today a direct quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: “So, I tried to explain to the Rabbi the real difference is not between failure and success. The real difference is between failing and giving up, and failing and keeping on going. That’s the real difference in life. And what keeps me going,…

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The process of amends and their relation to religion has always been very interesting to me. Some believe God can absolve them of all sins and some believe God can’t, and that once a sin has been committed, we are doomed to hell for all of eternity. Yet the view of amends in Judaism really…

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I had a fascinating conversation with my 11-year-old daughter the other day. She was telling me that her classmates and teacher were discussing their relationship with God and his commandments; her friends were saying that they must observe the commandments otherwise God would be angry with them, and that they fear God. My daughter responded…

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