Archive for September 2023

I have been thinking about all of the suffering around us, all the pain in the world and all the recent tragedies, and I’ve been wondering about the why. If God is infinite and can do anything and everything, why is there evil, why is there suffering, and why is there so much destruction? Truthfully,…

Faith is the ability to hear the music beneath the noise. -Rabbi Jonathan Sacks This coming Sunday evening is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, it is the day of atonement. Truly the greatest gift we have, is the day itself forgives us for all sins between man and the divine. It’s the one…

This week is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. It is also known as the Day of Judgement, where our entire year is decided and decreed in the heavenly courts. Throughout my entire life, I have come into the holiday with fear, overwhelm, and concern of what will be this year, focused on the negative…

I just had the privilege of going to Israel, and together with my sister, we helped our mom move into a retirement community. The experience was wonderful and the camaraderie with my sister made me feel so close to her. It also made me sad because of how far away we live from each other,…

Expectations are resentments that are just waiting to come out. However, the truth is we all have expectations, and it isn’t at all realistic not to have them. To take it a step further, extremes of any emotion aren’t healthy, and in fact they can be deadly; it’s all about the happy medium and finding…