by mendel | Jun 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
With anxiety, depression and a whole host of mental health challenges plaguing so many, any helpful tool is worth sharing. But is crying a helpful tool? Does expressing pent-up emotions have value? In today’s share-it-all culture, one might wonder if we have gone too...
by mendel | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
In Hebrew, it’s called Bamidbar (“In the Desert”) and also Sefer HaPekudim (“The Book of the Countings”); in the English-speaking world, this is the biblical section known as “Numbers.” And yes, there are many, many numbers in the fourth of...
by mendel | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Pesach is behind us, and Shavuot is right in front of us. Now, we find ourselves in the intermediate period that we call Sefirat Ha’Omer—counting the Omer. It is a 49-day cleansing period in which we prepare ourselves by refining different elements of our character,...
by mendel | May 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite lines is, “as a Chabad Rabbi, my job is to make the uncomfortable, comfortable, and to make the comfortable, uncomfortable”. See what I mean below. The secret to personal growth is dealing with the dead. No, that wasn’t a typo,...
by mendel | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
You shall not etch a tattoo on yourselves. I am the L-rd. Leviticus 19:28 Q: I have a tattoo, can I be buried in a Jewish cemetery? A: In years past, some burial societies had their own covenants (not required by Jewish law) that they wouldn’t bury tattooed...
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