Struggle, Challenge & Adversity

Find out why Jono is trying to get persecuted in this week’s Parshah Report.

The ultimate tutorial for surmounting every rock, mountain and cliff-hanger of life.

There’s only one way to transform the ugliest, nastiest, darkest gunk of this world: by letting it make you stronger. That’s when you’ve ripped off its mask . . .

Fallacious arguments flew away like frightened bats as we toned the walls of our hearts to prepare for an all-out war -- fairly fought, wind against wind

In Jewish tradition, prayer is an activity with distinctly violent connotations . . .

I find this battle terrifying, because I have no idea where it will lead. It forces me to confront the plaguing question: if I truly let G-d in, what will He do to me once He is there? Who will I be?

“Is it not enough for the righteous what is prepared for them in the World to Come,” the Midrash declares, “that they also ask for a tranquil life in this world?” But why not? Does G‑d have a limited quantity of tranquility to mete out?

In every travail (Joseph) there is a challenge (Menasseh) and an opportunity (Ephraim)

What do a garden hose nuzzle, a rocket, a hydraulic power plant, a shofar, and this article have in common? They all operate on the Pinch Principle