Do You Pray?
Do you pray? That’s a question that will ensure that many will not read this post, and most certainly won’t respond.
Tefillah (generally translated, somewhat inaccurately, as prayer) is central to Judaism, but for some reason many Jews haven’t incorporated tefillah into their ...
Be the Captain of Your Own Ship!
I’m sure you heard about what happened to the Costa Concordia last week. It ran aground on the shore of Italy and partially sank, forcing over 4000 crew and passengers to evacuate. At least 11 people died and many were wounded in the incident.
Notwithstanding the terrible accident itself, ...
Do You Work?
Henny Youngman said: You know why Jews don't drink? It interferes with their suffering.
In the Torah’s description of the story of the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt (which we begin to read this week during the weekly readings of the Torah), Moses confronts G-d with the age old ...