Why are online matchmaking sites such abysmal failures? For any one match they make, there are thousands that fail. Why are human matchmakers so difficult to deal with?
The story of Isaac and Rebekah’s match reveals the secret to matchmaking success. A secret all matchmakers would do well to learn.
Discretion is often hailed as a good thing, but why is it good? Doesn’t it make more sense to talk with authority and get things done?
As children grow older, they demand more independence and space. No matter how loving a parent is, the relationship changes. How do we cope with these changes?
This article draws a lesson from the parenting style of Abraham, the father of the multitudes and the Jewish people.
We are coming from the most extraordinary month of the year and have entered the dullest month of the year. However, this essay argues that the best opportunities grow from the routine ordinary days.
We are given a hundred and twenty years because it takes that long to develop an appreciation for the purpose of life. We can learn to live our lives in relatively few years. But unless we devote time to understanding and serving the purpose of our lives, we are wasting the rest of our time on Earth.
Every Jewish festival celebrates a moment in Jewish history except for the one festival about to come upon us, Shemini Atzeret. It does not celebrate an event that happened, nor is it a celebration of judgment and atonement. It is the only holiday with an eye toward the future. It is the festival of Jewish unity.
If the message of the Sukkah was to eschew the permanence of material life and embrace the holiness of the Mitzvah, it would require four walls. The fact that less than three walls suffice teaches us an important lesson about life. Synthesizing holiness and materialism. Bringing heaven down to earth.
If you are ill, you can be healed, but only if you visit the doctor. We can heal sin through repentance, but only if we stay in contact with G-d.