How can I give voice to all the praises of Hallel? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:
“All my bones say, ‘God, who is like You?’” is understood by the Midrash as describing the praises expressed with the Lulav, which is compared to a spine, the Hadas – Myrtle – shaped like an eye, the Arava – Willow – which looks like...
I’m soaring. I ended Yom Kippur on a high. I am determined to be a better person, husband, father, rebbi, friend, and servant and seeker of God. I will pray with more passion. I will learn with more discipline. Yom Kippur filled me with joy...
Our prayers extended beyond the official closing moment of Yom Kippur. We were in a different dimension, a place beyond time. Heaven? I don't know, but there was this smell wafting through the air, and for people who have been fasting for twenty- five hours,...
I was ready to get out the ball and chain and administer some serious self-flagellation. I was in middle of an intense Yom Kippur prayer when my mind wandered to a tiny thought, seemingly, universes away from my private meeting with God. "If you were...
I have a friend who, I believe, is a true Holy person. He is a great teacher, soul-doctor, composer, and human being. I described him as “Holy” in a Tweet, and he laughed it off. I won’t let go. I believe that although he may...
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” Fredric Nietzsche - From Beyond Good and Evil How ironic that he did not heed...
“I had a feeling once about Mathematics, that I saw it all - Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and the Abyss. I saw, as one might see the transit of Venus - or even the Lord Mayor’s Show, a quantity...
