Rav Dessler writes in Michtav Me’Eliyahu that it’s natural for someone to start a Y”T on a high and then slowly lose enthusiasm over the course of the chag. (Think about the difference in the atmosphere on the first night as opposed to the last afternoon of a Y”T, if you can relate). Not so for a Jew who is …
Here are eight gift ideas for Chanukah 🙂 . I aimed to keep the list low-cost, and most of these items are under $25. Happy gifting!
Remember how I said that I was skeptical about the validity of personality typing? Well, Myers-Briggs changed that for me, and now I’ve discovered something new: the Enneagram. Are you familiar with it? The Enneagram is a system that examines nine personality types, and their strengths and weaknesses, growth opportunities etc. I bought a copy of The Enneagram Made Easy …
Two mentors told me recently that one of the most powerful things a person can do is to forgive. When we were kids in school, as I recall, a big part of our Yom Kippur prep was asking our friends and teachers for mechila, and we were pretty frantic about doing it. As an adult, I think it can …
Sunday night is Rosh Hashanah. The beginning of a new year. New means new. 5778 is ending. It carried its blessings, it carried its learning experiences, it carried its challenges. And it no longer is. It was. Close that book and put it on the shelf. When you are in shul, remember a time when you could see …
The start of a new year is an especially good time to open a notebook and start journaling. Even if writing was never your thing, just putting pen to paper and diving right in will help you access wisdom and insight and get to know yourself better. Journaling has been a tremendous game changer for me and I want everyone …
It’s Elul. If I could have looked into the future a year ago and seen what the coming year would bring, would it have been a relief? A disappointment? It’s impossible to know how I would have felt then with my limited understanding, but one thing I know for sure is that I am not the same woman who went …
This is a reader-submitted post. We so appreciate your contribution! This is a really helpful and thorough review. The last thing people want to discuss after Tisha B’Av is Tisha B’Av. It’s the day when we set aside the distractions of life and look tragedy in the eye. It’s a day of discomfort – all of the inuyim are …
The Jewish calendar has a time of year for every kind of emotional experience, a time when we can fully live the part of ourselves that is most in tune with that spiritual koach. This rhythmic cycle of the calendar keeps all of us in balance, allowing us to live the whole spectrum of human experience. On a global …
Sometimes the days of our lives go by like the flow of water, each day running into the next, indistinguishable from the one before. And it’s easy to forget that each day is a gift that carries a unique identity and potential. Rav Hutner says that the reason the lechem hapanim did not cool off throughout the week was …
