A high school student once told me that in sign language, a Jew is shown as someone with a beard — and that made me wonder: how would you sign “chasid”?
Why Dance on Judgment Day?
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A high school student once told me that in sign language, a Jew is shown as someone with a beard — and that made me wonder: how would you sign “chasid”?
The Torah uses the words Lech Lecha only twice, and both times they define Abraham’s life: leave where you are, and go where you are called.
The discovery of the Altalena, 78 years after it sank, brings an old story of Jewish division and sacrifice back to the surface. Its message speaks directly to Parshat Nitzavim: the strength of the Jewish people comes from standing together, united before G-d.
Human beings have always been fascinated by immortality — not only because we fear death, but because deep down we sense that life is meant to be bigger than the body.
Some promises are passed down from one generation to the next. The mitzvah of tithing teaches us that sometimes we are not simply fulfilling a mitzvah, we are completing a debt that began hundreds of years ago.
Sometimes the Torah asks an entire nation to wait for one person who is still trying to get home.
Aging should never mean becoming invisible, unnecessary, or forgotten. The Torah offers a very different vision, one in which the wisdom of age is valued and the later years of life can become truly golden years.
A person can know a lot, pray a lot, and even do a lot of good — but if he keeps it all hidden, he has not yet fully entered the world.
Modern technology is learning to prepare for emergencies before they happen. The Torah teaches us that there is also a time in our lives when we are meant to prepare ourselves spiritually, and that time is Elul.
In moments of crisis, we are all first responders—and that applies to our spiritual lives as well.
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