During the festive month of Tishrei we make many blessings, including when blowing the Shofar, making Kiddush, lighting candles, and over the Lulav and Etrog. One blessing is repeated many times, the Shehecheyanu, in which we say: “Blessed are...

“In the Sukkot (booths) you shall dwell for seven days." - Leviticus, 23:42 The Sukkah remind us of the Clouds of Glory that surrounded and protected our people after leaving Egypt. During their forty years of wandering through the desert, on...

On Yom Kippur we ask forgiveness for what we have done; not who we are. Our sins and our Self-Imposed Nonsense are the actions that get in the way between us and G-d. There are certain things about our personalities that give rise to...

On Rosh Hashanah we celebrate the birthday of Adam -- the first human being -- created on the sixth day of Creation. The Talmud tells us that the reason Adam was created as a single human, as opposed to all the animals who were created in multitudes,...

Dear Fred, Let me just share with you a few thoughts that I had driving to and from your son's funeral yesterday. When I was in rabbinical school I decided that I never wanted to teach children or teenagers. They are so fragile, and the way...