From Twenty Four Hours a Day, April 21: When I stop to think that but for the grace of G‑d I might be drunk right now, I can't help feeling humble....When I think of the kind of person I was not so long ago, the person I left behind me, I have...

From 24 Hours a Day, May 1: "The real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them." Before I joined my 12 Step program, I don't think I could honestly say that I cared all that much about helping...

Lag B'Omer is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, one of the greatest sages of the Talmud. He is well-known as the author of the Zohar, the fundamental text of the Kabbalah, which teaches us about Jewish mysticism. It...