by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 30, 2023 | Psalms
Every job has its ups and downs. During my time at a telemarketing office, I learned this lesson firsthand. I discovered that an office environment, especially a super social one, just wasn’t for me. The cherry on top was our group manager, David. Fresh out of...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 26, 2023 | Psalms, Rosh Hashana
The words of King David’s Psalms echo through time, resounding in the hearts of billions around the globe. The Psalms served as the musical bedrock of the Temple service. And though we still recite them daily, we find ourselves in an era distanced from the...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 26, 2023 | Kindness and Compassion, Re’eih
Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) was one of the great Hassidic rabbis of his generation, and a tremendous Torah scholar. He had 15 children, all of them holy, and many great and holy Jews among his descendants. When it came time to marry off his youngest...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 26, 2023 | Marriage and Relationships, Re’eih
The great Charlie Chaplin, master of the silent film era, was incredibly close with his older brother Syd. They went through so much together; their father abandoned their family and their mother was an alcoholic. And so Syd and his little brother Charlie took care of...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 24, 2023 | Happiness and Joy, Re’eih
In her 2002 book, “Riding the Bus with my Sister,” Rachel Simon, a very successful but unhappy professor, tells the story of her sister Beth, a woman with special needs who spent her days riding public buses and talking to the bus drivers. In an effort to better...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 23, 2023 | Eikev
Before he died, Moses delivered an epic speech to the people of Israel – a speech that we know today as the Book of Deuteronomy. Moses’ final message to his people contains many of the most powerful, frightening and deeply inspirational verses in the Bible. During the...
