Archive for June 2022

I have been reflecting upon the difference one simple word or action can make, either positive or negative. One of the most impactful weekends of my life didn’t involve something huge, rather it was spending a Friday night dinner at 14 years old with a saintly Rabbi, who treated me like one of his own,…

To me, true humility means silencing the “I”. For genuinely humble people, it is God, other people, and principles that matter, not themselves. As it was once said of a great religious leader, “He was a man who took God so seriously, that he didn’t have to take himself seriously at all”. This is a…

Being of service and helping others is one of the greatest feelings in the world, and it can be extremely rewarding. That being said, it can also be a source of distraction from other tasks that maybe don’t feel as good–yet are equally, or even more important– such as child rearing, when our children aren’t…

This week commemorates the giving of the Torah, which happened at Sinai, 7 weeks after the Jewish people left Egypt. The Torah is considered the ultimate guide and compass to living a good life, and the stories–whether one believes they are true or not– contain incredible lessons for living a valuable life. Now, this makes…