Judaism's Awareness of the Body-Mind Connection Judaism offers an incredible teaching about how our minds and bodies work together, and...

We live in a tangible and physical world, and it is the very nature of our surroundings that creates automatic obstacles in connecting...

Ahavah ~ Love From a young age, we are taught to recite the Shema, saying "And you shall love God, your God..." But can we be commanded...

A story told from the soul perspective is “the story beneath the ego story, the one with the thread of truth running through it..." ~...

Inner Joy - Simcha Simcha means the inner joy that has nothing to do with laughter and music and everything to do with knowledge that...

I am not sure how, if I didn't have a spiritual practice, I would get through the day after a dose of daily news. Even though I severely...

Our sages were always trying to find the shortest ways to describe complicated concepts. While there are 48 Ways to Wisdom (elucidated in...

Expanding our thinking beyond the physical.

When we think of the word egotistical, it often has negative connotations. However, it is interesting to note that over time, our culture...

Our tradition tells us that the sole purpose of Torah is for us to refine our character, and the way toward that end is through action,...

The rhythm of the Jewish calendar allows us to sense a deeper level of experience beyond the seasonal changes. As we leave the month of...

In this era of constantly expanding communications we simultaneously contracting understanding.

How tolerant are we of our own mistakes? Do we forgive others more easily than we forgive ourselves? Should we hold ourselves in contempt...

This year, I am involving myself more personally and seriously than ever before in the counting of the Omer, the period of time between...

Journaling is an incredible tool that I don't use often enough. I'm not sure why we resist the practice of journaling so much. For me, it...

Tikkun Olam, תיקון עולם, literally "Repair the World" is a Jewish concept that barely needs definition. Showing up in many places, it is...

Aren't I the only one here? What's this business about me, a soul and all this spirituality stuff? There's a lot of talk about soul (not...

How different am I this week than I was the week before? The chameleon has it relatively easy. Spending not too much energy, he gets a...

When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human. Martin Buber The middle-aged...

The more distance there is between times of connection, the more distant you feel...