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A Sukkah of Peace (opens the original)
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Lounging around is not the Jewish way.The moment Yom Kippur ends, we get busy. We’re harried. We become gatherers, fulfilling the mitzvah of building a sukkah—hammering, screwing, shlepping, to make a temporary dwelling we will eat in for seven days (some sleep in it, some live in it).The Torah commands this more than once1 , and every evening, in the Ma’ariv service, we mention it again, in Hashkiveinu, the blessing after the Shema: Uf’ros aleinu sukkat shlome
Will your New Year be Happy or Good? (opens the original)
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We are about to enter Rosh Hashanah, 5787! “Shanah Tovah,” we say, “Happy New Year!”If we want to invite a sense of sweetness, we say, “Shanah Tovah u’Metukah!”, a Happy and sweet new year!” There’s a greeting that takes the blessing even further. “Shanah Tovah v’Chatimah Tovah!”, happy New Year, and may you be sealed for good in the Book of Life. Beneath these familiar greetings lies a profound distinction.<div class="p
Who are You? (opens the original)
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Who are you?Dwell on this one a bit, but keep your answer short. Let’s say, twenty-five words or less. (I know—the “or less” is a little absurd)You begin to mull it over. Then you ask me, how much time do you have?I’ll give you an hour. Can you do it?No?Okay. Try this instead. Forget your age, your birthplace, your birthdate—mere clutter, all of it. Forget your résumé. Focus on who you are in your soul, your absolute inner essence. Just this once, try.Were you able to?Was your answer a list—char
Love, the Jewish Way (opens the original)
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Is it possible to to cultivate Love? The Hebrew language has an answer.First, you need to give.To understand, you’ll need a mini Hebrew lesson.Don’t wince. Just because you read the word Hebrew doesn’t mean that you’ll be catapulted back to Hebrew school.This will be different. Promise.Hiding in plain view are two letters in the Hebrew root word for love containing spiritual and psychological wisdom from thousands of years ago.In the Hebrew Bible and Talmudic Aramaic, הַב (hav) is an imperative
Lost and Found in the Field of Elul (opens the original)
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Elul sits quietly, days mount into weeks of gifted time before the intensity of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe This month is for introspection, reflection, and preparation for changeYet the spiritual space is burdened by the load of our everydayClumsy words don’t fold into describing the indescribableMaybe I can conjure the closeness? Psalms, tehillim, with sublime poetic language, vaults over obstacles like this. Hebrew favors depth. English has bias. So, how to convey the mystical meaning o
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