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.
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.
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.
Why do we not confess on Rosh Hashanah, the day of judgment? Why do we not sound the Shofar on Yom Kippur?
In this essay, we will learn that repentance means regretting an action and seeking forgiveness. Teshuvah means to return. To pivot back to G-d. It is a moment in time that sets up the journey of life.
When G-d destroyed His Temple, He taught us a profound lesson about sacrifice and love. It was a devastating moment in the history of our people, one from which we have never recovered. But it was also the most empowering moment in our people’s history. One that we will never lose.
While offering the Torah to the Jewish people, He also offered it to every other nation. Was G-d kidding when He offered..
We can look at our fellow and just see their faults, or just see their strengths. The Torah enjoins us to see our fellow as golden.
Passover is behind us. The question is: what lies ahead? Yes,
