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Secrets
Some losses never get announced
From Nachem to Nachamu
Not Yet the Crown
Shalom for Charlotte
Adapted from my drasha this past Shabbos.
The Language We Share
As I sat down, Rabbi Zsolt Balla leaned over and told me the shiur was going to be in Hungarian.
No resting place
There is a particular kind of discomfort that lives in waiting.
Is There Still a We?
We are living through an epidemic of machloket. It is in the group chats. The comment sections. The Shabbos table that changes the second someone mentions politics, or whatever is left unsaid because everyone is afraid of the argument it might start. We have more places to argue than ever, and fewer habits for doing it well.
The Cherry on Top
The Knicks won the championship this week, their first in fifty-three years, and Jalen Brunson was named Finals MVP.
Lamah Nigara
Last week I had the privilege of speaking at the first graduation of Shalshelet, a new school in our community for children with language-based learning differences, children who read, learn, and process the world in ways that the typical classroom was not built to hold.
The Right Kind of Eyes
A young father once went to his rebbe for chizuk.
Thoughts from Our Shabbos with Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig
This past Shabbos we were privileged to host Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, and he shared two ideas I haven’t stopped thinking about.
The Ones Who Did Nothing Wrong
There is something strange about the way the Leviim are initiated into the service of the Mishkan.
The Same Offering
Parshas Naso. And why the Torah repeats itself twelve times.
Take the Shot
My first game on varsity, we got destroyed.
Finding Him in the Dark Side
I had the privilege this past week at the RCA conference of hearing Bar Kupershtein speak.
His Stomach, My Soul
There is a sentence I have caught myself reaching for more than once lately, and it is the reason I am writing this.
Just today
A man walks out of shul looking like the world is sitting on his shoulders.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
There is a difference between admiration and respect.
Acharei Mos Shnei Bnei Aharon
The parsha opens: “Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe acharei mot shnei bnei Aharon.” Hashem spoke to Moshe after the death of Aharon’s two sons.
Hamakom Menachem Oti
It was 1973, after the Yom Kippur War.