Rosh Hashana: One Request
On this day each year we return to our origins: Not the dust part, but the spirit – the dimensions that makes us uniquely human.
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On Faith and Trust
The key to the secret of faith is the connection to the eternal. Everything in life around us is mortal, temporary – impermanent. Everything erodes, ages. Change is the only constant. This is true even when life is going well; how much more so under duress, which shakes the very foundations of our beings. The only way we can transcend change – and especially the ever-shifting center of gravity resulting from the painful scars of oppression – is by connecting to the eternal, something that is not subject to the mortality and variations around us.
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Do We Need Faith?
Do we need faith? We must learn to cultivate our natural faith. When you set yourself free, you will realize that your faith is much closer to the surface than you had imagined.This is an excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life” by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
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