“The Eternal said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your land, your people’s land, your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.’” Genesis 12:1

Go forth…just do it…move on…

How many times have you been stuck, whether physically, emotionally, or...

This week, we read Parshat Noach, the story of a man who builds an ark, tasked by God with the responsibility of rebuilding the world anew. In Genesis 6:10, Noach is described as “a righteous man” who “walked with God.”¹ Indeed, he and his family were the only

After several weeks of ritual activity:  preparing for the High Holidays, celebrating the New Year, reflecting on our past year’s successes and failures, sending good wishes to family, friends and visitors, asking forgiveness, forgiving ourselves, fasting...

Do what brings you joy! Choose joy! Plant what brings you joy! EnJOY your life more! Such exhortations are common in today’s messaging on the benefits of mindfulness and self-actualization.

But what is joy? How do you recognize it? And why is it important?

This week we turn to Ha’azinu, the second to last parashat in the book of Deuteronomy.

The period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur offers us the opportunity to confront the annual questions of how this New Year will be different from the one just ended.

Nitzavim begins with these words:

“You stand this day, all of you, before your God -- you tribal heads, you elders, and you officials, all the men of Israel, you children, you women, even the stranger within your camp, from woodchopper to water drawer -- to

This week’s parashat, Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8), lays out Moses’s final instructions to the people as they are about to enter the Promised Land, after forty years of wandering in the desert.

Our introduction to civil society begins in our toddler days.  “Don’t fight with your siblings,” our parents implored us or there would be consequences. We were taught to share our toys and not to talk to strangers.  Every institution has a set of ethical...