Monthly Archives: August 2012

When my children were much younger, we would spend several days at the end every summer at Canon Beach on the Oregon coast (see harryzeitlin.com for many of the photographs I created there over the years).  Quite often, depending on … Continue reading →

It’s been a rough week for me.  Just before last Shabbat, I learned of the death of one of my very closest childhood friends.  Later in the week I had several shiva (the seven days immediately following a funeral have the … Continue reading →

If you begin, as I do, with the assumption that the Torah is, indeed, divine, that it is a manifestation of the Infinite into our finite world, the questions are no longer “are these words true?” nor “what did they … Continue reading →

From time to time, I’ve helped a friend lead a Mussar worksop.  This week we’re discussing the Middah, personality trait, of Shetika, silence.  The following are some thoughts I gathered for this meeting. Mussar Midot and Mitzvot Shetika (Silence) Don’t … Continue reading →

New technology puts a telephone in your hand no matter where you are.  We developed a culture where many of us are willing to let an intrusive phone ring summon us out of our present context in order to talk … Continue reading →

I was taught a short piece of the Meor Eynayim (Menacham Nachum of Chernobyl) more than thirty years ago this week, Parshat V’Etchanan and it became a major foundation of my understanding of Torah and my purpose in life.  I’ve … Continue reading →