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Andy Blumenthal

Aug 9, 2026, 6:35 AM

When No One Is Watching, What Does G-d See?

Character is rarely tested in the moments we prepare for. It is not proven only in the grand public causes we argue about—justice, war, peace, or the future of nations. Often, it is revealed in unwatched moments: a medical...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:07 PM

Why is Wisdom So Hard to Reach When We Need It Most?

Walking the 20-foot Oracolor Wheel. Credit: Andrea Lonas Photography

How colors can illuminate our choices as we step into the New Year One afternoon, walking alone through Forest Park near my home in Portland, Oregon, I became so consumed by questions about the future that I reached an intersection...

Aug 2, 2026, 9:43 AM

Babel in the Nine Days

The Sanhedrin's written ruling is dated 6 Menachem Av. Hold that date for a moment before anything else. Three days before Tisha B'Av. Inside the nine days when we do not build, do not celebrate, do not so much as...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 2, 2026, 4:57 AM

Don’t Wait Until Death to Learn How to Live

Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a novel about Eddie, an aging amusement-park maintenance worker who dies trying to save a child and then meets five people in heaven. Each encounter helps him understand a...

Jul 30, 2026, 6:01 PM

How do you reach your greatest levels?

How do you change your negative personality traits? How does your soul get to Heaven? You do not live only for fulfillment in this world. Your effort and energy should also be for the world to come (Olam Haba). This is the next...

Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 AM

Maidens in a Tu B’Av tizz

Girls dancing on Tu B'Av (ארכיון ומוזיאון החאן חדרה (ע.ר), creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons)

A leaked memo threatens to stop all Tu B'Av festivities in Israeli vineyards and green spaces across the country. Knesset members of the subcommittee appointed by the Ministry of Religious Services to regulate public activities on Tu B'Av are...

Jul 21, 2026, 6:27 PM

How does a Rabbi overcome Cancer using Emunah?

How does your Spirit (Ruach) affect your health? The spirit of man is enlivened from the Heart (Ruach Ish Mechalkal Mahalev). Proverbs 18: 14 This means your spirit supports your health. But when your spirit is depressed it will reinforce your illness. We all encounter reasons...

Jul 21, 2026, 6:56 AM

The Courtyard Stands Open: Why Jews Must Teach the Nations Now

In the days when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, a vast Court of the Gentiles welcomed those drawn from the nations. This outer courtyard formed part of Hashem's design. Sincere seekers could bring offerings to any Israelite citizen standing...

Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

Jul 20, 2026, 6:41 PM

It depends where you look

VISION. VISOR. VIEW. IT IS UP TO YOU. TO SEE THE WORLD ANEW. TO GIVE YOURSELF THE TRUTH. TO TURN AWAY FROM LURES. WHO ENTICE YOU TO BE FOOLED. THERE IS ONE SOURCE, DO NOT BE GRUELLED. FEEL THE FLOW OF THE LIGHT AND BE FUELED. We just started...

Jul 16, 2026, 5:10 AM

In God We Trust (Devarim 5786)

Like me, one of my childhood rabbis, Rob Dobrusin, is a baseball fan. In addition to teaching me Torah as a young person, he also taught me to appreciate the writing of Bart Giamatti, the late Commissioner of the...

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