Passover and the Cleansing of the Soul
Happy Passover. It is that time again. Families are gathering and the stories will flow as we sit around the seder table. [Read more...]
D’vrei Torah
A monthly commentary relating Torah to learning about Jewish sacred aging.
To Life, To 120 … Let us pray!
We are all part of a generation that seeks to find answers to healthy living in the hope of extending an active and involved life. Rabbi Richard F. Address, D. Min. I’m [Read more...]
Gently into that Good Night
I have never thought much about the end of life. I once knew a psychotherapist who would not discuss the subject, its power so frightening that she decompensated when anyone [Read more...]
Exile and Love
The Torah cycle we are in now speaks of the beginnings of the journey for the Israelites from Egypt into the wilderness. Rabbi Richard F. Address, D. Min. The [Read more...]
A New Year’s Challenge … for God
I am in the middle of a fascinating new book by Eric Weiner entitled Man Seeks God (New York Times book review). I stumbled across Mr. Weiner as a result of a New York [Read more...]
Lighting the Lights of Our Souls
This month, as many of you know, brings Hannukah. It is a curious and problematic festival that, while minor in the grand scheme of Jewish calendar festivals, has become [Read more...]
Rituals of Transition
The High Holidays are over and the year has begun–in earnest. The pace of life has returned and “routine” has ben re-established. Yet, for most of us the [Read more...]
God’s Eternal Question
With the ending of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, the Jewish calendar focuses on the first of our three Festivals, Sukkot. The symbol of the fragile dwelling place, the [Read more...]
The call of the month of Elul
Shalom. This month is a special one within the Jewish calendar. Elul begins. This is the last month of the Jewish year and in it, we are asked to slowly prepare our souls for [Read more...]
Once again, the power of community
There are many clubs, so to speak, that we become part of during our lifetime. Channeling Groucho Marx, however, I just joined one that I had no desire to join. That is, as [Read more...]
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