Alexander Seinfeld, at The Blogs

Oct 3, 2024, 4:46 AM

It's Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – and we all would like it to be meaningful and uplifting, and a launch of a good and sweet year. For that to happen, we don’t need to dwell on the...

Sep 28, 2024, 3:59 AM

Stand-Up For Israel?

A certain Israeli comedy sketch quipped that "standing" with Israel sounds so tiring. "Free Palestine" sound much nicer. Who doesn't like free stuff? Much-needed intelligent comic relief in a glut of MSM (main stream media) bone-headedness, such as "Israel and Hizbollah have been...

Sep 21, 2024, 3:56 AM

Finding True North

A certain rabbi I know phoned the other day with a rather random request. He asked to borrow my compass. He explained that he's building a shul and wants to check the engineer's measurements to make sure it's facing the right...

Sep 6, 2024, 10:18 AM

What Shofar Is Seen But Not Heard?

The goal of this blog is Shabbat table conversation… please print and share. Last week was the "Call of the Child"... This week, the call of the shofar — shuls around the world began to resonate with daily shofar blasts in...

Aug 30, 2024, 8:51 AM

The Call of the Child?

The goal of this blog is Shabbat table conversation... please print and share. First question for your table: Do you know anyone who suffers from choice-anxiety? (Evidently related to analysis paralysis.) Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder and anxiety over...

Aug 13, 2024, 1:23 AM

The Cause of Tisha B’Av – and How to Fix It

The first Tisha B'Av in history was when the Meraglim - the Scouts - return after 40 days of scouting the Land of Israel (Numbers 13). The Scouts deliver their report and the People respond by crying all night,...

Aug 2, 2024, 8:19 AM

To Tell You The Truth….

In memory of my father Dovid ben Eliezer z''l whose 19th yahrzeit occurred this week. An actual exchange on a Whatsapp group the other day: — Going to Israel next week - any recommendations for berachos from Rebbes for my family? —...

Jul 26, 2024, 7:39 PM

What Can We Learn From Fireflies?

The goal of this blog is to stimulate glowing dinner table conversation ... please share. Did you have fireflies growing up? When I was growing up, they were something you read about in stories. I never actually saw them until the...

Jul 19, 2024, 5:58 PM

If You’re Angry and You Know It Clap Your Hands?

Let's follow up on last week's Shakespearean theme of death with a thought about life. Shakespeare undoubtedly knew and was inspired by this week's Torah portion. Let's focus on one line that I think most people miss. I think it teaches one...

Jul 12, 2024, 1:24 PM

Three Shakespearean Questions

The goal of this blog is a life-changing Shabbat table... please share. Here are three Shakespearean questions to ask at your table: 1. Hamlet Act III, Scene 1 ("To be or not to be") is possibly the most famous poem in history....

About Me

Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld PhD is the Executive Director of Jewish Spiritual Literacy, Inc (JSLI.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Jewish education and to fostering a paradigm shift in spiritual education in order to give every human being access to the incredible database of 3,000 years of Jewish wisdom. JSLI's current projects include Torah Health & Fitness (https://torahhealth.org) and the Amazing Jewish Fact-a-Day Calendar iPhone app - the only app that doesn't work on Shabbat! Enjoy his lively podcast at https://torahanytime.com/speakers/1397.

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