By Rachel Meyers “Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your […]
Reflecting, Marveling, Looking for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Markers
May 11, 2010 by
By Sigal Tavel Coming of age ceremonies are evident in almost all cultures around the world. In Australia and New Zealand, a party called The Twenty-First marks the 21st birthday of a boy or girl. The Japanese celebrate a similar day for 20-year-olds as a national holiday called the Coming of Age Day on the […]
Chayat Hashavua: God’s wisdom in creating spiders
December 2, 2009 by
By Rabbi Moshe ben Asher, Ph.D. Do you know the Hebrew name for the spider? It’s akavish, but we don’t know anything about the root meaning of the word. Is there anything likeable about spiders? The rabbis 2,000 years ago thought that a crushed spider was a cure for a scorpion’s bite. I’m not sure […]
