A couple of weeks ago, I finished a series of speech therapy treatments. Despite teaching and speaking in public for years, I felt very insecure about my communication abilities. Being asked to repeat myself several times in ordinary conversations didn’t do much for my self-esteem. That was why I decided to embark on a course [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Judaism’
Seven Ways to Bring Moshiach
This week’s Maayanei Hayeshua shabbat pamphlet published an interview with Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu’s wife, Rabbanit Tova. Amidst stories of other patients healed following a blessing from Rav Eliyahu, she recalled a conversation in which she asked why he was not praying for himself. Rav Eliyahu answered that he was accepting the suffering upon himself in [...]
Torah as a self-help book
Are you looking to make your life more fulfilling? Shell out $20 or mosey over to the synagogue near you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5O4WfyuwCA&hl=en&fs=1&]
A trip into the heartland
Yesterday, we took advantage of the holidays to visit friends in Elon Moreh. I haven’t been into the Shomron for about 10 years, so this was an excellent opportunity to get a fresh look at the area. We usually take advantage of family trips to anchor our children’s knowledge of various subjects to the site [...]
Motivating Atonement
With Yom Kippur less than 24 hours away, I would like to share a novel thought I heard from Rabbi Reuven Fireman. Though a person’s ability to mend his ways through teshuva (repentance) is a very basic concept in Judaism, like every other rule it has an exception. The Talmud states one and only case [...]
On modesty and spirituality
A Mother in Israel blogged about a sign from a Jerusalem playground, which had called on women maintaining a high level of tzniut (modesty) to stay away from other women, dressed in a more relaxed fashion. Most people have a gut feeling that this kind of segregation within a community is wrong, but in my [...]
