HeyJaredAncient Lessons for a Modern Life with Adam Teitelbaum
What can the 4,000 year old Jewish tradition and text teach modern society about creating a successful and purpose driven fatherhood? It turns out, a ton. You’re invited to join Adam as he explores the nexus between ancient Jewish wisdom and modern fatherhood.
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From Mud to Mastery - Rosh Hashana 5787 (opens the original)
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We are entering Rosh Hashana, and its central liturgical demand is cheshbon hanefesh — an accounting of the soul. That’s the blueprint. The assessment of how many bricks were made and placed. Not a vague spiritual gesture toward self-improvement, but a rigorous audit: where did I actually stand this year, in full, including the places I fell short. But to focus only on the delays and cost-overruns without at once updating and then fortifying the vision? Let me paraphrase the Cheshire Cat to Alic
The Yellow Brick Road 2.0 - Parshat Nitzavim/Vayelech (opens the original)
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Becoming a husband introduced dimensionalism. Adam, husband, professional — I began to understand, slowly and with considerable resistance — needed their own attention rather than collapsing into one undifferentiated identity. Then becoming a father blew the lid off the whole arrangement.
Who’s Your Team? - Parshat Ki Tavo (opens the original)
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The ritual to tell our story in a way that exemplifies all the paths that led to today’s harvest is a powerful reminder that my story of self is completely interconnected with everything my ancestors experienced. I am often asked to explain why I’m a devout Cubs fan. My family has a favorite anecdote about Papa Dan, my maternal grandfather, begetting my fandom.
Living As If - Parshat Ki Tetze (opens the original)
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Raising children who can hold loosely to what they have, who can share, who can return, who can notice what someone else needs, begins not with teaching them to be less selfish, but with becoming the adults, they can trust. Once again, the work starts with me. Dammit.
Justice Justice - Parshat Shoftim 5786 (opens the original)
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The noise surrounding parenting decisions is deafening. Social media, generational wisdom, my own upbringing, my wife’s, the rotating cast of expert opinions — all of it conspires to make even the most ordinary parenting moment feel like a referendum on my incompetence. Yet, for as peeved as I can get with the mundanities of parenting — right now it’s potty training and managing Big Feelings — the toy in the pocket is different because the lie constructed around it is My Bridge Too Far. The habi
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