“The perpetual prayer of the soul continually tries to emerge from its latent state to become revealed and actualized, to permeate every fiber of life of the entire universe . . . Sudden spiritual clarity comes about as a result…
Personalities, Modern personalities, Self & spirituality, Spirituality
If someone never changes, s/he never has to face the challenge of how to integrate the past with the present. There is no tension, no challenge, no struggle. A life bereft of growth progresses along a simple continuum, never needing…
Jewish calendar, Pesach
“For education to be truly effective it has to penetrate into the depths of the soul of the student.” The Disconnectedness of Standard Jewish Education In my opinion there is a serious problem in Jewish Education a problem that will…
Self & spirituality, Spirituality
There are two widespread stereotypes of spirituality: 1) of spiritual behavior, and 2) of the goal of spirituality. Often I ask a group of students, “What does a spiritual person do? What does a spiritual person look like?” I inevitably…
Self & spirituality, Spirituality