Most charity comes with a choice. We choose the person, the cause, the institution, the story that moves us. But the Torah also teaches a kind of giving where we are asked to step back—and let go of control.
“Out-Of-Control” Charity
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Most charity comes with a choice. We choose the person, the cause, the institution, the story that moves us. But the Torah also teaches a kind of giving where we are asked to step back—and let go of control.
Three stories from the early years of Rabbi Leibel Alevsky’s shlichus in Cleveland
Some stories are true, but that does not mean they need to be told right away.
When an inner passage opens, a person is transformed from within—and from there, all the constraints and narrow passages in the world begin to open as well.
How family life began to break down—and the way to fix it.
From the moon to Parshat Shemini, the same idea emerges: not to escape the world, but to remain within it and build real holiness.
A little Jewish boy in synagogue once peeked when he was told not to look. Years later, the whole world knew what he had seen.
The Jews are an impatient people. During Yizkor, we recall the patience our parents had for us—and the patience G-d has for us as well.
Heroic moments are inspiring, but they are rare. The real question is what happens the next day, and the day after that.
What made Judaism survive was not that it belonged to a gifted few, but that it became the inheritance of everyone.
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