Three Versions of a Song:
Are our leaders afraid to empower their students?
Do you know how to make your disciple shine?
Do you know how to make your disciple shine?
Is Time a storm in which we are all lost?
"Let My People Go!" But Can They Let Themselves Go?
To experience bliss even within our challenges.
The transformative power of holding space for the pain of another.
Letting go of my expectations. Letting go of the notion that life must look a certain way.
The State of the Jewish Nation means navigating paradox.
No, we have not betrayed our mission: Yehudah, Tamar and a Hanukkah Drama.
Why did Jacob and Rachel argue about a name moments before her death?
No missing links.
Rivkah didn't want to deceive her husband, She Just wanted Jacob to display another side.
What is unique about the marriage of Rebecca and Isaac? And why is this sort of description never repeated in the Torah?
Abraham's search for truth was also part of truth.
Spending a lifetime polishing my coping mechanisms, how do I hear the call?
Thank goodness, Noah was no saint
Joshua Bell’s violin—and the music of Jewish History: The story of a Stradivarius which escaped Nazism.
My love will be stronger than your defiance, says G-d, the parent of all of us.
It's never all or noting.
The world is not deaf to your prayers.
Before I confess my sins, I must confess my greatness.
Holding space for alll my parts, while anchored in my divinity, brings me a double portion of Llght.
A Tale of Two Torahs: The timeless and the timely.
When all you can see is carcasses, there is something wrong with you.
Don't be afraid to visit your broken places. "There are times when G-d wants your mitzvos," the Rebbe said, "and other times when He wants your ‘broken tablets.’"
Joseph, not Moses, was Buried in the Holy Land. Why? A Tale of Two Leaders and Their Relationship to Israel.
Why are we afraid to speak truth?
The only Yartzeit mentioned in the Torah is Aaron’s. Why?
"One sheep you shall offer in the morning and the second sheep in the afternoon." The verse that says it all.
97 years later: Who won?
Why was Moses denied The Promised Land?
In Tribute to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, for his 30th yartzeit.
In Tribute to the 30th Yartzeit of the Rebbe
The Anxiety Inside of You is Testimony to Your Search for Authenticity,
The corruption of universities Is a call to reinvigorate Jewish Education.
Sometimes being close means feeling far.
In your life "it ain’t over" until G-d says it’s over—and G-d says it’s not over until you win.
The Holocaust began with propaganda.
The historical and psychological meaning of Ezekiel's vision.
This Passover, discover your true light. 3333 years later, we still remember.
If You Don’t Love Me, Don’t Expel Me,
G-d wants you to be good, but He also wants you to shine. Creating ambitious and confident children does not guarantee their moral uprightness and integrity.
Good morning, soul.
October 7th demonstrates the cause of Jew-hatred.
The day Moses became a bookkeeper.
A tribute to my dear student Nadiv.
"The world breaks everyone, and afterwards some are stronger in the broken places.” -- Ernest Hemingway
The Jewish Leap Year Challenges Us to Integrate Creativity and Consistency.
A father plants saplings 210 years early, offering solace to his children.
When my reptilian brain goes wild, I need to help it see its owner
The two great evils of history: The Islamists and Hitler.
Jewish History Is a study of the future: “Moses and the Children of Israel will sing”.
Is time a storm in which we are all lost?
“Let My People Go!” But Can They Let Themselves Go?
Why Our First and Greatest Leader Never Ate Schmaltz Herring.
What does it mean to be a leader?
Why was Pharaoh blown away by Joseph?
No, we have not betrayed our mission: Yehudah, Tamar and a Hanukkah drama
Maybe Rivkah didn't want to deceive her husband, she just wanted Jacob to display another side.
Let's nor forfeit a historic opporunity. The world is on fire.
Read the answer to the question: What do I tell my friends about Israel's actions in Gaza?