Fundamentals

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

A Matter of Mindset

Rav Chaim Kanievsky ztz”l would say that the biggest segulah to be nitzal from din is to really learn what it means to be mevater

Fundamentals

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

An Anatomy of Peace  

“Peace, peace, for the far and near, Hashem says, and I will heal you”

Flashback

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Flashback: Fundamentals — Echoes of a Dream, Issue 347  

Do you dream? Do you long for a country halfway across the world?

Fundamentals

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The Message of the Matzah

Thousands of years after the Exodus, we're still being redeemed

Fundamentals

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Walls and Doors   

Replace fractures and friction with friendship, healing, and hope

Flashback

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Flashback — Fundamentals: From Humdrum to Happy, Issue 567 

Fundamentals

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The Blessing of Bread  

Taking challah is practical, material — and a spiritual tether

Fundamentals

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Yearning and Unity

What is it about our fleeting Yom Kippur teshuvah that invokes a zechus to be forgiven?

Flashback

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Flashback — Fundamentals: Finding Our Shepherd, Issue 288

While clothing may become ripped, old, and worn, my neshamah remains impervious to that pain

Fundamentals

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Land of Yearning

Our longing for the Land is a yearning for holiness

Fundamentals

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Use Words with Care  

I find myself writing with hope for joy and song as we once again approach Lag B’omer.