Lately, I have been spending a fair amount of time reading essays from a wide variety of individuals, stemming from my foray into the Substack platform. It is a humbling experience. On one hand, it’s a time-sucking rabbit hole. I invariably end up reading for longer than I intended. However, unlike short social media bites,
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It happens quite often. By the time we’re into the first week of June, people kindly wish me a “Happy Fathers’ Day.” My response is always the same, “I’m blessed; in the Lapin home every day is Father’s Day.” And I do everything I can to ensure that the same is true for Mothers’ Day.
Hello, all! My husband and I are in the process of selling our first home. Do we tithe gains on the sale of the house?Thank you! Jillian Dear Jillian, How exciting that you and your husband are continuing to move forward. We find it interesting and humbling that so many business-oriented Happy Warriors ask questions
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The famous illusionist (and rabbi’s son), Harry Houdini, used to fit himself into small boxes. I don’t. When teenage girls were screaming and fainting over the Beatles. I wasn’t one of them. (Granted, I was too young to be part of that wave, but you get the point.) It’s not that I’m completely immune to
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When the Lord looks at us mankind what does he see? Good or Bad people? Are we created as beings inherently good or evil? Blessings, Happy Warrior Ngoni Dear Ngoni, Thank you for your excellent questions that are closely related to each other. We have never been enthusiastic readers of theology books because we’re not
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Don’t you love reading something so true or beautifully expressed that you feel compelled to reread it—maybe even copy it down so you can return to it again and again? I’ve read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles more than once for precisely that reason: the pages are filled with exquisitely crafted sentences. The
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Short of resorting to crime, the only legitimate way to generate income is by serving others so well that they willingly open their wallets and pay you for what you provide. This means that both individuals and society as a whole benefit when people focus on increasing their income. In doing so, they boost the
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, I am currently working a job that sustains my family but does not allow for much in the way of savings. But the benefits, both professionally and personally, are very good. Time off, health care, flexible work hours, having my son with me at work, etc. are better than at any
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No one who regularly reads these Musings, or any other resources on our website, is going to be surprised to hear that I am not of the Catholic faith. What readers may not know is that I grew up a block away from a convent, a Catholic elementary school, and a Catholic girls’ high school;
Hello, I’m sure you are acutely aware of rising antisemitism here in the US. It disgusts me. I’m Christian, but we share a close bond with the Jewish people. I transitioned from a non-practicing Christian to a practicing one four years ago, due to the rise in anti-Christian sentiment around the world. There comes a
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