Sefirat HaOmer period

"Why did he hit her over such a trivial thing as Kapla?" I thought to myself. "How do I teach him not to get angry, and to show his frustration in a different manner?"

Judaism recognizes that we all have the power to change. But it doesn't happen on its own. It doesn't happen simply because we grow older...

I am full and empty. I lose the love, the joy, the security of an intact life. But I learned the beauty of surrender...

Iyar is the only month in the year where every day has a special, time-bound commandment to perform. This newborn chunk of soul is receiving daily work on ourselves...

Part of me wants to cry from joy, another part wants to cry from exhaustion, while a third part wants to cry from the doubt that creeps inside.

Rachel taught us that the way to work on the not normal is by staying calm. To understand that within the range of normal, there are different personalities.

We are faced with a task of rebuilding our lives after a miraculous redemption. Now is the time to heal.

The global pandemic makes us feel vulnerable and uncertain about our future. Yet perhaps this anxiety can be channeled into developing a muscle of empathy, compassion and connection to ignite our world with healing and transformational energy.

I know it gives them strength. I certainly know it gives me strength. But what exactly is the strength that we tap into by saying, “G‑d willing, you can; I can?”