“My parents forced me to continue with piano lessons for four years. They ruined my enjoyment of music.” “I get so much pleasure from sitting down and playing. I’m incredibly grateful that my parents insisted that I stick with my piano lessons.” Well, which is it? If you are a parent with a child tearfully...
A Your Mother’s Guidance post by Rebecca Masinter You are familiar with the infamous story of the twelve spies who were sent to scout out the land in preparation for the children of Israel’s planned immediate entry into their land. Catastrophically, ten of the spies came back with negative feedback about the land of Israel,...
The air in Brooklyn, New York, is rarely fresh and invigorating. Between the exhaust from vehicles and often-muggy weather, it is frequently malodorous. Nevertheless, when my friend Sharon and I stepped onto the local college campus, a slightly sweet and sickening odor that we had never previously met assaulted us. We were high school seniors...
I recently decided to come back to my faith based roots. I went away from it for many years as I lived in the way of the world and not God’s ways. During that time I have built up a successful business as a Tarot card reader/fortune teller. Since reading scripture and seeing what it...
During a few appearances in California recently, I found myself counseling three sincere and newly married young rabbis. They had all enjoyed the good fortune of marrying lovely young women deeply devoted to religious ideals along with an eager willingness to adopt the mission of being rabbis’ wives. It turned out that all three were...
Although the Temple is not standing right now and the priests, descendants of Aaron, are not able to fully fulfill their birthright mission, there is still much to learn from their obligations. In Leviticus 16:17, Aaron is told to bring sacrifices to gain atonement for himself, his household, and the whole Jewish nation. First himself. ...
It is the end of the school year, which means that scores of children are bringing their final report cards home to their parents. While one hopes that the image of the stern father overlooking the many ‘A’ s while focusing on the lone ‘C’ is apocryphal, there is no denying the myriad subjects in...
These past few weeks a number of great people who were all over the age of 100 passed away. I have seen notices of the deaths of Frances Oldham Kelsey, Tom Derek Bowden and Nicholas Winton. You may be unfamiliar with some of these names, but each of them stepped up when there was a …
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I’ve been following you on YouTube and listening to your audio book. I’m a Korean American Christian, but have been interested and following Judaica lately. I live in San Diego County and decided to go to a mom and pop Judaica store to purchase my first Torah. I had a very pleasant experience talking to...
Have you ever noticed how sometimes one carries out one’s work effectively but without joy? There are other times when every task is exhilarating and uplifting. In both situations, the work gets done and your business progresses, but in the latter case, there’s an additional bounce in one’s step. Building a marriage and building a...
