The world has advanced in knowledge and understanding in virtually all branches of education. The access and level of education the common man has today is unprecedented. But the world has patently regressed in all matters of the intellect. The question is why? I think the answer is because there is a difference between knowledge …
Judaism in general and Orthodox Judaism, in particular, has been terrible at expressing its inner depth. We sat on worlds of treasures through the Torah we were given but we didn’t know how to convey it, sell it. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was one of the first Rabbi’s of our generation to rise up and give …
Possibly the most important trait. It is a trait that when you see it you cry. You look for it in the other person you want to marry. You want to become it. That you don’t need eyes to see it nor ears to hear it but just a heart to feel it. Without receiving …
It is possible that if there is one day that is the most misunderstood in Judaism, it is Yom Kippur. We fast and abstain from the physical not as a philosophy, but as an exercise to help the soul fly. Judaism engages the physical most of the year, but one day we abjure from the …
Marriage is inexpressibly beautiful. Committing your life to another human being while having them commit their life to you; intertwining your destiny in another while losing yourselves in the essence of each other. That’s marriage, and so much more. Notwithstanding, there is, also, something deeply beautiful about being single. The simplicity of being only you …
The pinnacle of wisdom, the highest form of knowledge man can attain, is not the understanding of the heavens or the insight into the mechanics of the earth; not knowledge of the spiritual systems or the scientific world. But rather, man arrives at the pinnacle of wisdom when his is heart full with love for …
Just because you do not feel pain anymore does not mean you are not hurt anymore. That is, out of sight might mean out mind but out of mind does not mean out of heart. The pain you experience never leaves your heart. No experience does. Time does not heal pain, it numbs it. With …
Where loss in life is inevitable, one of the most important concepts we can learn is closure. Closure, that elusive concept we chase when our past won’t leave us, is when you understand why that element of your past has come to an end, when you have no more questions to ask and nothing else …
I saw a status today that said something along the lines of there are three types of people, the ones who define themselves: 1) by what they have 2) what they do and 3) who they are. This was my response: I would argue that there are actually four types of people. The 4th type, …
Depression is the flaw in love and the price we must pay when we love. Part of living on our planet is the temporal, temporary nature of things. We love others, but with time everyone will be gone, and when they leave, we will miss them. We understand, accept, adapt and move on, but if …