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The Importance of Hearing Kol Nidre
What happens when we hear Kol Nidre? Both you and the world can change!
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: How do we mourn?
Our hearts are broken with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. How shall we mourn?
Prayer for an ill friend
My prayer for a friend who is ill. I wrote this thinking about how much more difficult it must be to be ill in a time of a pandemic when we are all apart.
The End of Perfection
On Kol Nidre we begin a 25-hour pursuit of a common goal: improvement. We want to be better, we want to do better, and we want a better world. My problem is that I have trouble distinguishing the lofty and sacred goal of just being better from my need to work toward perfection. You might…
Set in Stone: A Yizkor Story
Visiting the cemetery before Rosh Hashanah, I learned a powerful lesson on grief and love.
Rights vs. Obligations
Judaism is a religion of obligations, not of rights. This amazing insight was offered by Rabbi Michael Pollack on Yom Kippur.
The Art of Asking
In life, the art of asking ennobles and engages. A better way to live in 5779, is to work on the art of asking.
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