Shavuot: The Scandalous Backstory of Ruth and Boaz
Learn the Book of Ruth like you never have before and discover why it's read on Shavuot.
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of Tishrei - an Acadian word for forgiveness and Genesis.
SHVII SHEL PESACH: The Essential Bones of Yoseph
SPECIAL FOR THE 7TH DAY OF PESACH
The Art of Ignoring – So Safe, So Repulsive, So Dangerous
As one that has trained and followed rabbis throughout their careers, I can generally say that rabbis gain detractors not so much because of their sermons, vision, lectures or the like, but rather when they fail to return phone calls, when they avoid bikur cholim, and when they fail to respond to emails. One can deal with refusal, disagreements, debates and the answer 'no', but how should one deal with being totally and utterly ignored?!
19 Ways you Know it’s Passover in Israel
If you've never heard an Arab calling out “alter zachen” (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you've never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. It's part of the clean-up mania that grips the city in the run-up to the holiday.
Aleph Beta: “Your Children Will Come Home” – The Hope Beyond the Tears of...
How is it that Rachel’s tears evoke such a powerful response from God? If we can make sense of this passage, it may be able to shed light on our process of mourning on Tisha B’Av, and help our tears and grief become a catalyst for action.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR PESACH
There is no Jewish holiday and no Jewish experience that more divides the “haves” from the “have-nots” than Pesach.
Rosh Hashanah Resolutions
I will ask for forgiveness and tell all the people that I spoke Lashon Hara, gossip, about them and lose all my friends. I will give chocolate to all the people who I spoke Lashon Hara about, so they will like me again.
Open Your Eyes
Look into the darkness, to search for the source of faithful illumination that can guide us along the path of spiritual integrity. The flames of the Chanukah menorah shine bright out of the deepest darkness, when the days are shortest and the cold of winter has descended.
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles): Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
The temporary structure of the Sukkah highlights the historical significance of the permanent Jewish State in the Land of Israel Chag Sameach!
Sanzer Rebbe: Don’t Fret About Cleaning For Pesach
Although righteous women have been accustomed to devoting all their energy to preparing the house for Passover, this year must be different.
Ze’ev Jabotinsky on Passover
Jabotinsky’s story is said to be adapted to the psychology of four typical children.
Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2020
Next Year in the rebuilt JerUSAlem
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles): Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
Sukkot has played a key role in the reconstruction of the Jewish Homeland and the ingathering of Jews – and their transition - to the Land of Israel.
Yom Kippur: Guide for the Perplexed
Yom Kippur’s focus on forgiveness highlights humility, fallibility, soul-searching faith, compassion, thoughtfulness, being considerate, accepting responsibility and magnanimity.
Ari Fuld on the Holidays | Passover: Freedom vs. Responsibility – 5778 (2018)
Ari Fuld discusses: What are we celebrating on Passover and what are the lessons to be learned?
Israel and Amalek
Judaism is about making distinctions and Israel and Amalek are polar opposites.
Think Inside The Box
It's nice to step back and appreciate the mitzvah in a fresh and minimalist way.
LAG B’OMER & GRATITUDE
What Tony Robbins is teaching in the 21st century, Judaism has taught since its inception thousands of years ago.
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2015
Sukkot is a universal holiday, inviting all peoples of the world to come on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Celebrate Purim With Your Kids
Here are some fun ways to dress up, make some noise and have a raucous good time at your next Purim party.
Celebrating Freedom Amidst Isolation: A Passover Parable
The sign above the doorpost
Seder Customs From Around The World
The house is clean. The last bit of chametz has been burned. What happens next?
Ari Fuld on Shavuot: On the Indigenous People of Israel and Why There is...
Ari talks about the holidays of Shavuot and Yom Kippur, the Shofar that connects the two holidays, and the indigenous people of the Land of Israel.
Is It Bad To Be Vulnerable?
Sitting in your Sukkah remember: No one is so powerful, wealthy, smart or talented to not need God
Chanukah Miracles: The Candle Which Didn’t Light
"Can you hear what the dead are whispering? Leave Galut, escape to Eretz Israel-Lech lecha!"
Five Terms Of Endearment – So Why Only Four Cups Of Wine?
The number four seems to play a major role in the Pesach Seder. We have four questions, four sons, four terms of endearment and, of course, one of the major features we soon will be enjoying – the drinking of four cups of wine.
Rabbi Wagensberg on Rosh Hashana
May you all have a very Good Shabbos, a Kesiva V’chasima Tova
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