
In my first job out of rabbinical school, I served as an assistant rabbi of a congregation of over 1000 families. As many new rabbis experience, I felt I should know everything and was embarrassed that I didn’t. On bigger points about the direction of synagogue programs, I guessed. I tried to create new things and make changes, but it didn’t feel like enough people heard or were inspired by my vision. This week’s Torah portion contains a story embedded in most Jews’ memories from years of Passover seders: the 10 plagues.......
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Hold Dualities Together, Inspiring People, Inspiring Story, Spirituality & Faith, This Week In Wisdom |
January 11, 2023
Real-Time Reporting From the Stand and See Fellowship in Israel
A picture is worth 1,000 words...
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Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Weekly Parsha |
January 03, 2023
Is Love Ever Unconditional?
Insofar as our society extols the virtues of unconditional love, our tradition calls the very premise into question. ...
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Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
December 30, 2022
ChatGPT Isn’t Good at Arguments — Can We Humans Do Better?
Artificial Intelligence can only repurpose what has already been written. Or can it?...
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Another Way Of Looking At Things, Breaking False Dichotomies, Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News |
December 28, 2022
“Sportswashing,” And The World Cup
The conflicts and joys of the recent World Cup...
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Bring The Sacred Down To Earth, Compassion and Empathy, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, Longform, Mundane Into Sacred, There's More To You Than You Realize, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized, Wisdom Daily News |
December 15, 2022
What does it mean to have enough?
Do you really have nothing?...
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Inspiring Story, This Week In Wisdom, Weekly Parsha |
December 02, 2022
Breaking Idols, Taking Idols, Forsaking Idols
Tearing down that which holds us back...
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