Inspired by a drive down Santa Fe Ave The trees stand with their leaves aflame A multitude of colors, the breeze carries them gently to...

When we thought of doing this mega Shabbat dinner, we were not quite sure what we were taking on. Standing here tonight feels quite...

Are there any real beginnings and ends? A Talmudic quote "Their beginning is wedged in their end" hints at the circular nature of things,...

Tonight we enter the 15th of Tishrei, the full moon of this month. We've prayed and fasted, an intensity to the first 2 weeks of this...

Have you ever gone away to summer camp as a child or teen? Do you remember how much was packed into one month? Summer camp was looked...

I sat down at my computer to write my weekly Torah thought. I first went on Instagram for what I thought would be a few minutes but...

Teshuva is a central theme in the month of Elul, the holiday of Rosh Hashana, the 10 days of Teshuva and it culminates on Yom Kippur....

We just returned from nearly 3 weeks away visiting New York and England for a wedding. Whenever I travel I marvel at a similar thought....

Where is there greater capacity for love to grow? In unconditional acceptance, overlooking of flaws and an endless supply of compassion?...

Whether it is our own perception of ourselves or the way others might see us, we all want to be viewed as whole, complete, okay. We will...

The story is told of a Chassid who was walking outside at night. Looking up at the starry sky, he fainted. When revived he said that he...

Happy Rosh Chodesh! Today is the first day of the month of Av. The period of mourning intensifies as we enter what is referred to as "the...

We are now in the period of the 3 weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B'av, the 9th of Av. This time is marked as a period of...

Which relationship is stronger? The one that remains steady and firm, unchallenged and consistent? Or the one that has been tested,...

Do you remember the feeling as a child when your toes started to reach the edges of your shoes, the feeling of them being squeezed...

Two millennia before Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, El Lissitzky and many other Jewish socialists there was a man named Korach....

A group of professionals were trying a VR experience. Before donning their headsets, they were told that they would see a view from a...

What goes up must come down, states the law of gravity. What about the other way around, does what came down, always eventually ascend...

In a healthy relationship of two people, be it a marriage, friendship, business partner or other, each person maintains their individual...

At our Shavuot celebration this past Sunday, I announced a new initiative. I will be writing up (and sometimes in video form) a weekly...