I’m taking a short break from writing this week. In the meantime, feel free to browse through previous posts below — there’s plenty to explore and reflect on.
Wishing you a peaceful and meaningful Shabbos.
Shui
The Reaction
In Parshas Balak, the Torah relates the story of Bilaam and his attempts to curse the Jewish People. The Parsha recounts how Bilaam was journeying to go meet Balak on his donkey and the donkey sees an Angel with a sword in the middle of the road so it turned towards the fields. Bilaam’s reaction to this was to hit the donkey.
Embodied Manifestation
This essay is based on a fundamental idea which Rav Reuven Sasson teaches in the most recent volume of his magnificent B’or Panecha series.
Life, Miracles, and the Art of Unclogging Drains
Of the millions of pieces of content on social media, there exists a specific genre of videos that inexplicably grants me a unique sense of satisfaction - drain unclogging videos. Watching the water swirl, vigorously pulling all the debris along its path, and then gushing down the drain with a satisfying swoosh invokes a soothing tranquility that is dif…
A Glimpse of God
As noted by Rav Eliezer HaKalir in his hauntingly beautiful Kinah - Eish Tukad B’Kirbi, the Jewish people historically have our ups and downs. We have had our periods of exile and our periods of redemption. In between these periods, there have been times which have been outright horrific as well as times which have been graceful and prosperous. There ha…
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