Life Cycles

It seems there’s always so much good to say about those who have departed. But wasn’t the deceased, like all others, a human being? Did you really think that he was so perfect yesterday?

The devoted family, an anchorage amid confusion, is rapidly disappearing. It is time to return to the values which created bonds of respect between children and parents.

In biblical times there were numerous false gods that were popular in the ancient pagan societies, and, at times, among the Jewish people as well.

What happens when a parent is aging ungracefully? What if they are becoming irritable, cantankerous and just plain difficult? Becoming old and forgetful isn’t pretty . . .

Can you simply call your struggling business colleague a “success story” and expect him to perform?

1. In the introduction to Parshat Kedoshim, Hashem instructs Moshe “Daber el kol adat B’nai Yisrael” — “Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Israel.” Rashi comments, “This teaches us that this Torah portion was said at a gathering of the entire...

1. The assigned Torah reading for Yom Kippur is from Sefer Vayikra, the beginning of Parshat Acharei Mot. It discusses in detail the services the Kohen Gadol must perform on this holy day as he enters the areas in the Beit HaMikdash, known as the Kodesh —...