Emotions & Psychology
When you awake in the morning, while you are still lying in bed, think for a moment: What does it mean to be awake and alive?
Though many of its clients may not be, the therapy industry itself is healthy and robust. You may even be lying on a couch as you read this. In an era of unprecedented material excess, we sometimes find ourselves feeling emotionally bankrupt. We know where to turn for excitement, but we are lost when it comes to finding meaning. We are experts at distraction, but when we are alone with the mirror, are we truly happy? Are these questions considered neuroses? I don’t know, this conversation is stressing me out…
Joy in Four Dimensions
The Torah teaches us that joy should be a constant in life. However, there are multiple degrees of joy. What are they?
Read MoreEikev: Blackout
A personal message about the value of reflecting during the period after the 15th of Av when “the power of the sun” begins to weaken.
Read MoreKi-Tavo: Continuing Journeys of a W(e)ary Traveler – Diary
A humorous personal story set in Schwenksville on Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei, the fifth of the ‘Seven weeks of comfort’.
Read MoreThe Bottom Line
Discover how the unity of G-d can infiltrate even the most mundane of activities.
Read MoreThe Prodigy Under the Bed
An honest appraisal of your own character will show you how much there is for you to emulate and learn from those who are supposedly ‘inferior’ to yourself.
Read MoreThe Disposable Self
The closer one comes to G-d, the more one realizes one’s own insignificance in the face of the divine infinity.
Read MoreA Tale of Two Cities
Rabbi Shneur Zalman, an accomplished scholar and mentor to many disciples, teaches us the significance of Prayer.
Read MoreThe Bottom of the Barrel
One of the great Chassidic masters teaches us about sadness and where the pieces of a broken heart should lie.
Read MoreInformed Debate
A Chassidic story of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz inspiring two argumentative combatants to criticise themselves instead of each other.
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