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...

Responsibility, Achrayut / אחריות is one of the character traits that a person focuses on while practicing Mussar and engaging 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,...

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...

Our days are rather filled "up" with day-to-day undertakings, and sometimes we barely get in all the activities we schedule. So where and...

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...

The Joy of Gratitude Hebrew is a language with deep meanings that go way beyond an outer definition, and to understand foundational...