7 ways the algorithm of Torah will enrich your life – by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, OBM
In 2017 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addressed hundreds of Jewish students at the Olami Summit. He gave an epic speech to help prepare them for the challenges of life. “Long ago in a lonely desert at the foot of a mountain in Sinai God entrusted a small, fractured, obstinate people
The Bizarre Stability Found Amidst Instability
I’m feeling a little disoriented right now. But I don’t think I’m the only one. Are you also? Like, if people ask you where you live, is the answer more complicated than it should be? Are you back in your parents’ house? Couch-surfing at a friend’s place? Renting somewhere month-to-month? What
It’s time to look out, not in
The Coronavirus outbreak may seem like a time of closing in on oneself but here are 5 ideas on how to do the exact opposite and make this period a time to look outwards, even though you may be locked in. How can you help others without putting yourself at
If only we let it, by Koren Maor, Nefesh Yehudi Israel
There are many common words and sayings that are connected to Shabbat. Including “when does Shabbat start”, “good Shabbos”, “Shabbat Shalom”, “Shabbat dinner”, “Motzei Shabbat” and more. Many question can arise from that, for example: Why would a single day take this much effort from our lives? Why is this
IT’S NOT WHERE YOU ARE ON THE LADDER BUT THE DIRECTION YOU ARE MOVING
The nature of a journey is that it has its ups and downs and just as there are no straight paths when you travel so too there are no straight paths in life, because life is a journey. One of the reasons we feel despondent is because we don’t
BROADEN YOUR MIND. NOURISH YOUR SOUL. BUILD YOUR SELF.
When Moshe went to greet G-d in Heaven and asked to receive the Torah, the angels objected, suggesting that the Torah was too holy to descend to the Earth. They thought it should remain “on high”. But, Moshe rejected this in front of G-d, pointing out that while the