by Rabbi David Levin | Dec 5, 2019 | Chesbon HaNefesh, General
Do I walk through the open door? Finding oneself and charting a new course is at the heart of Vayeitzei This week’s Parshah Vayetze begins with Jacob’s dream. Running for his life from a vengeful Esau, Jacob flees toward a Haran. Exhausted, he stops to sleep. Here he...
by Rabbi David Levin | Nov 20, 2019 | Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Teaching
“And the life of Sarah was 100 years and twenty years and seven years, the years of the life of Sarah”. It would be easier to say she died at the age of 127. But we would miss an important message. The text seems to ask us to examine Sarah’s life, not...
by Rabbi David Levin | Aug 22, 2018 | Chesbon HaNefesh
I wanted to share an intriguing idea sponsored by Reboot. It is 10Q. No, It is not some financial quarterly. It is a series of 10 Questions, interesting life questions, posed by them and answered by you. The questions are interesting thought questions – good...
by Rabbi David Levin | Aug 14, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh
In the Torah, Moses sets out a choice for us this past week. Blessings and curses. It is a deceptively easy binary choice. Given good stuff or bad stuff as alternatives, it seems like a no-brainer. I opt for the good stuff! But it’s really not so simple. For what...
by Rabbi David Levin | Aug 3, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, Teaching
This week in Parashah Eikev, Moses teaches and shares his Ethical Will. He admonishes us to live a full life and to do that we need to remember and embrace the precepts that have brought us to this time and place, the edge of the Promised Land. Moses’ is concerned...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jul 24, 2018 | Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Teaching
In going through my dad’s things, I came across an old Pepsi soda can from the 1960s. It had clay surrounding it. Old dried and yellowed bands of once clear tape were barely keeping the brittle shards together. The clay was painted faded hues of what was once...
