Preparing for Passover needs to engage every part of our being – body and soul.

Purim is lifted by the rabbis to an exalted place, “Purim will never be abolished.” It is the one holiday that will exist for all time.

The tree is seen as one of the many gifts of God’s creation and we honor it for all that it provides.

I ask myself, how is it that someone so disordered has successfully deceived so many and finds himself in a position of power to determine the future of many of us?

Zelensky is living what the Hanukkah story is all about, fighting for freedom and dignity. Is it possible he was warned, given all the antisemitism that has emerged, not to identify too Jewishly?

If we expanded the view of cool to include pride, I believe we’d be on to something.

Elul reminds us to shift our focus from the physical to the spiritual, to our inner life, our soul.