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...
