Essays
The Daily Special: The Hebrew Month of Iyar
The Hebrew month of Iyar, whose 29 days fall somewhere in the months of April and May, is unique in that it combines both specialty and consistency in a single mitzvah. The mitzvah is the commandment to “Count the Omer”.
Read More
Living With Faith and Hope After September 11
An essay written by Rabbi Jacobson with Yom Kippur’s message of hope to the world that was shaken September 11th.
Read More
Virtual Reality: 12 Tammuz
The Chassidic holiday Yud Beis Tammuz celebrates the release of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Scheerson from imprisonment by the Russian government. This article discusses the connection between 12 Tammuz and the idea of reality.
Read More
Gimmel Tammuz: The Silent Sun
Gimmel Tammuz is the day that the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed. It is also the day that Joshua miraculously stopped the sun. Rabbi Simon Jacobson discusses the connection between the two events.
Read More
Emerging Purim Patterns: The Connection Between Purim and the 2003 Persian Gulf War
Rabbi Simon Jacobson, author of the best-selling “Toward a Meaningful Life’, explores the connection between Purim and the Gulf War of 2003 and the Gulf War of 1991. Connect the dots of history.
Read More
Man Is a Tree of the Field: Of Trees and Men
“Man is [like] a tree of the field,” and the Jewish calendar reserves one day each year—the “New Year for Trees” on the 15th of Shevat—for us to contemplate our affinity with our botanical analogue and what it can teach us about our own lives.
Read More
When Shabbat Follows Rosh Hashanah
Learn about this spiritual meaning of where Rosh Hashanah falls on the Jewish calendar.
Read More
Two Halves of a Soul
Man and woman are two halves of a soul. Man and woman, comprising the two halves of a single body, likewise share a single soul.
Read More
Woman Warrior: The Daughters of Tzelafchad
At a defining moment in the history of Israel, the daughters of Tzelafchad, profoundly influenced the Jew’s approach to the world in which he lives.
Read More
The World is a Ball: Spirituality in Soccer
In addition to the games’ entertainment and therapeutic uses, there is some significant lesson-taking to be gleaned from the hidden spirituality in soccer. A discussion in the spirit of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Chassidism.
Read More
