PERASHAT REE: ¿How does HaShem open your hand?
There is a very well known pasuq (verse) in Tehiim. We say every day of the year, three times per day. And this pasuq...
REE: The Human Food Chain
מצות עשה ליתן צדקה לעניי ישראל כפי מה שראוי לעני, אם הייתה יד הנותן משגת--שנאמר פתוח תפתח את ידך
~ Open your hands and satisfy...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT EQEB
This Parasha continues with Moshe Rabbenu's long speech before separating from the people of Israel, since God will not allow him to enter the...
VAETCHANAN: The Perils Of Inherited Wealth
"When HaShem your God brings you to the land that He promised to your parents Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … you will inherit lands...
VAETCHANAN: The Jewish Pledge Of Allegiance
This week's Parasha, Va'etchanan, contains two cardinal texts of the Jewish faith: the Ten Commandments and the first part of the Shema Israel. Today,...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT VAETCHANAN
MOSHE'S SUPPLICATION AND GOD'S RESPONSE
Moshe Rabbenu tells us, in the first person, that he begged HaShem to allow him to enter the land of...
Destroying The Bet HaMiqdash to Build A Roman Circus
The Bet haMiqdash, the Great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Roman army led by Titus, the son of Vespasian, on the 9th...
TISH’A BEAB: The Day Jerusalem Could Have Been Forgotten
כֹּה אָמַר ה ’צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ, וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּהְיֶה
Yesterday we began to explain one of the five tragic events that we remember on the...
YOM MEORI, a sad poem for Tisha beAb
יוֹם מְאוֹרִי
יוֹם מְאוֹרִי חָשַׁךְ בְּגֵרוּשׁ קַסְטִילְיָא אוֹי לִי עַל שִׁבְרִי שֶׁבֶר יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אַל תִּזְכְּרִי עוֹד אֲהָה עָלַי וְאוֹיָה לִי כִּי לְשֶׁבֶר קַאסְטִילְיָא לֹא נִמְצָא...
Jeremiah and the destruction of the First Temple
The first Bet haMiqdash, the Great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed on the 9th day of the month of Ab of the year 586...
The Roman Colosseum and the Jews
The Bet haMiqdash, the great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed and burnt down by the army of Titus, the son of Vespasian, on 9...
Meat, Wine and Haircuts during the Nine Days
“Once the month of Ab begins, we minimize our happiness.”
During the first nine days of the month of Ab, we prepare ourselves to mourn...
The Four Foundational Harms of a Phone-Based Childhood
In this text, I describe the four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood. These are profound changes to childhood caused by the rapid technological...
Play and Brain Development
The new phone-based childhood that took shape roughly 12 years ago is making young people mentally sick and blocking their progress to flourishing in...
FOUR NORMS TO DEAL WITH CELL PHONES ADDICTION
I offer these ideas for reforms, all of which aim to reverse the two big mistakes we've made: overprotecting children in the real world...
Social media copies gambling methods to create psychological cravings
by Daniel Kruger, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
May 8, 2018
Social media platforms are using the same techniques as gambling firms to create psychological dependencies and ingrain...
MATTOT: Children or Sheep?
THE FIRST ARMY OF ISRAEL
Our most precious possession is our children: we work for them, save money for them, and make every necessary effort...
PINECHAS: Judaism and Nepotism
מעשיך יקרבוך ומעשיך ירחקוך
ALL FOR MY CHILDREN Moshe Rabenu knows that his life will soon end. He also knows that his people, Am...
