Succot: The Ultimate Shelter (1-Minute Video)
This is a really powerful video, breathtaking desert footage, and it really pulled me into the real spirit of almost-here Succot. Enjoy! [vimeo 14112198]
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CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST Last year somebody took me to the home of the Ampshanover Rebbe shlit”a. Once inside, we gave the Rebbetzin the letters we had written for the Rebbe, and several hours later she returned to us with the Rebbe’s responses to our questions. My main question to the Rebbe […]
Read More20 Rules for a Good Life by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
A few months back I told you about Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ beautiful E-book, Letters to the Next Generation, a collection of letters from a father to his children on the purpose of life. Here is yet another chapter I loved, in which the father lists his 20 guidelines for a good and moral life. I […]
Read MoreMy Rosh Hashana Ah-Ha Moment
CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST My expectations for Rosh Hashana this year were lower than low. I expected it to be a 3-day festival of bored kids, chronic indigestion, a Mt. Kilimanjaro of dirty dishes in BOTH sinks, and floors that were already sticky and black 2 hours into this year’s 72 hour […]
Read MoreHow to do Teshuva in 5 Minutes
We all know that we’re supposed to be doing major teshuva right now in these final days leading up to Yom Kippur. But until last night, my understanding of this “major teshuva” was little more than a vague, sort-of nauseating feeling of regret for this and that, and a vague, tentative hope that I will […]
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