Who is to Blame?
Having suffered more setbacks on their journey through the desert after some thirty-eight years on their way to the Holy Land, the Jewish People were getting weary. They began complaining about their general predicament and about the manna, with which…
Disconnect to Reconnect!
Enter a synagogue during the week and take a look around. What are people’s facial expressions? Tired, overworked, stressed? When it comes to Shabbat morning however, it would seem that you are entering a different place with completely different people.…
Who is to blame?
Having suffered more setbacks on their journey through the desert after some thirty-eight years on their way to the Holy Land, the Jewish People were getting weary. They began complaining about their general predicament and about the manna, with which…
Devotion to Torah
No, it’s not your imagination. You really have been spending more time at the office since the recession hit back in 2008. In Japan they call it karoshi and in China it is guolaosi. As yet there is no word…
DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT!
Enter a synagogue during the week and take a look around. What are people’s facial expressions? Tired, overworked, stressed? When it comes to Shabbat morning however, it would seem that you are entering a different place with completely different people.…
HIT THE HEIGHTS
We all find ourselves in uncomfortable situations every now and then, facing challenges which touch the raw edges of our character. Take for example the case where Reuven is listening to the chazzan’s repetition of the shemoneh esreh during mincha just before his daughter’s…