Monthly Archives: March 2013

Facing Adventure

Although it’s too late for this year’s seder(s), I want to share an observation that Rabbi Twerski zt”l (Malchut Shlomo, p.17) made about Seder.  He points out that we should go into the seder without any specific expectations.  Rather we should … Continue reading

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Travelling Light

As Pesach arrives this evening, I’ve experienced a feeling over the last two weeks of more and more of what I usually think essential being systematically stripped away.  With the beginning of the month of Nissan we shed our twice-daily recitation … Continue reading

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Demographic Timebomb

No, I’m not worried about Jews becoming a minority when we include the Moslem population in Judah and Samaria.  But you have to admit it’s a clever title and grabbed your attention! I’m worried about the Seder Plate becoming over-crowded … Continue reading

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Being A Rabbi

Acknowledging that this is a work in progress since my thoughts are always evolving, I want to remind everyone that this is really a snapshot rather than eternal truth.  Also, I apologize before the fact that this article is more … Continue reading

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Bitachon, בטחון,Trust

This is another of the series of Mussar workshops I assist with.  It’s especially timely as we look forward to Pesach.  We transform our allegiance from a limited human, Pharaoh, to the Infinite God, lifting our upper limit from the … Continue reading

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Pay Any Price

I often wonder what’s the attraction of a worldview that excludes God.  The only thing I can think of is that it enable the opposite worldview, one that is entirely anthrocentric.  The need to take center-stage, to literally coronate oneself, … Continue reading

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