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I ate a lot of junk-food while my wife was away this week. In fact, I felt like I was trying to squash my feelings with it. It’s sort-of...

One of the hardest things for me is waiting. I don’t mean standing in line, but rather waiting for the long processes of life to play...

There’s a chassidishe torah that says, Everyone of us is from God and the soul He gave us is pure. The question is, what does it mean...

Do you ever feel like you’re losing your individuality? Sometimes my yiddishkeit can morph into a mindless zombie march. I feel like shul...

I’ve noticed that when I go out and pray in the fields, maybe the most common adjective I use is the word real. I pray to be real. I ask...

You know what’s so unique about Purim? Everyone is misbehaving. Kids are eating tons of junk food. Grown men are prancing around and...

This obstinate diaspora that we’re still suffering from began more than 2000 years ago when Rome destroyed our Holy Temple in Jerusalem....

Why is it so hard for us to believe in the Tzaddik’s ability to fix our souls? I think there are a number of reasons: First, it sounds...

If there’s a mitzvah to judge our fellow favorably (Lev. 19:15), that means it doesn’t come naturally. Our instinctual reaction is to...

It’s really very simple. We all want the same thing. We just want to be happy. In fact, even our limited understanding of the next world...

You might think I’m unrealistic but I don’t believe we’re here on Earth to commemorate the past. Rather, I trust that when we perform...