Faculties and Talents

Elul is the gateway to the month of judgment and reward

G‑d created each person with a specific goal and purpose in mind. There is no "perfect person." No human being can, or should, be judged by anyone else's capabilities or accomplishments. Think of it as a giant puzzle. Each piece seems tiny, but if even ...

If the point of our work is in its completion, if the beautiful end result is our sought-after goal, why, then, at its completion, isn't our satisfaction enduring? Chana Weisberg muses on the role of creativity in our life, and our world.

A brief summary of the order of the five general categories of souls.

Sweetness, light and joy at the receiving of the Torah

Every soul journeys down into this world with two suitcases. One is full of challenges; the other, the talents and strengths necessary to withstand those challenges. The first suitcase is opened for you; the second you have to open yourself.

Prior to the birth of my oldest child, I actually found myself looking forward to this rite of parenthood, waiting to be introduced to diaper changing. At first it was not bad; not much of a challenge. More recently, however, as my son approaches his ...

One little dude throwing words at another little dude.

Sticks and stones break bones, but the damage wrought by negative words reaches far deeper, to the very soul

Why this endless self-explaining, this perpetual conversation we feel obliged to "make", these torrents of verbiage sent over the airwaves and set in pixel and print each day? Why this need to put everything into words, as if nothing truly exists until ...