Author Archives: Harry Zeitlin

Make no mistake, Eretz Yisrael is unique. The differences are not merely that it’s easy to find tasty kosher food, or that Hebrew is the national language or the secular calendar respects the Jewish one, but rather that the potential … Continue reading →

כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית־תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל־הָעַמִּים Because My house will be acknowledged a House of Prayer for all the nations (Isaiah  56:7) (I apologize to those readers who will be angry or offended by these words, but I hope they’ll understand … Continue reading →

As every parent of more than one child has learned, it’s impossible to treat each child identically, and even if that were possible, it would be terrible parenting technique. Each child is born unique, with unique skills and strengths and … Continue reading →

I should have prefaced my previous article, You Choose, to avoid misunderstanding. While I left a lengthy comment, those are rarely read. Here is a slightly revised version of that comment, followed by the original article–RHZ One of my recurrent … Continue reading →

It’s impossible to “prove” that God exists because, at least as we define Him, He so greatly transcends our limited tools of logic and observation. Nonetheless, if we merely allow ourselves to, we can experience God. I think this is … Continue reading →

Bucking world trends, Israel is one of the few, if not the only developed nation with an increasing birthrate. While most of the industrialized world no longer has enough babies to merely maintain its population, Jews in Israel, and not only … Continue reading →

When I was very young I had a recurring dream, so vivid that I recall it more than fifty years later. I would walk down the stairs to the basement landing of my house and would find the basement flooded. … Continue reading →

More than thirty years ago, during the period my father z”l was in his final illness, we were talking about something or other and I asked him how he felt about whatever the topic might have been. He answered with, for … Continue reading →

The preferred format for Torah study, which is the paradigm for Tikkun, repair, is the חברותא (Chavruta), a study-partner. Based on and sharing the root letters with חבר (chaver), friend, it defines the ideal friendship within our tradition–a friendship based … Continue reading →

We live in an age that likes to consider itself logical and hard-headed. Although both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy o”h were listed as equal co-stars in Star Trek, almost everyone’s favorite was Spock. Miracles have very little place in … Continue reading →