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Jul 2, 2026, 8:41 PM

The more you focus on growth rather than perfection, the calmer and happier you become!

Are you carrying around feelings of disappointment and failure? You may be replaying your mistakes over and over again in your mind. You wonder: Why did I fail? Why am I struggling? Why am I not where I hoped to be? But Torah gives you a much...

Jun 30, 2026, 6:26 PM

You do not need to carry the emotional weight of the entire world

Sometimes, you may feel emotionally drained. At these times, your mind cannot rest. You constantly absorb: news, stress, pressure, conflict and the expectations of others. The modern world trains you to tune into world events every moment of the day: Emails, websites, apps … But living this way slowly exhausts your soul. “Be...

Susannah Schild

Jun 29, 2026, 3:23 PM

The geography of the Jewish soul

For these summer travelers, even America's grandest vistas can not rival the one place in the world 'upon which God's eyes are fixed'

Jun 26, 2026, 6:36 PM

The Hardest Word to Hear (Balak, Covenant & Conversation)

The story of Bilaam, the pagan prophet, begins with a bewildering set of non-sequiturs. It involves a sequence of events that seems to have no logic. First, the background. The Israelites are approaching the end of their forty years in...

Jun 25, 2026, 11:16 AM

On the Nepperhan and What We Call Things I. I grew up in Scarsdale, which means I grew up on the Saw Mill River Parkway. It is a road. It takes you from Westchester to the Henry Hudson Parkway that goes...

Shayndel Plotkin

Jun 24, 2026, 9:06 PM

Woman of Valor – A Series

My Beloved Ima, Today I enter a sacred crossing. Not an ending, but a transformation. My body, which has carried me through seasons of becoming, asks something different of me now. It asks for stillness. It asks for listening. It asks for...

Jun 23, 2026, 2:09 PM

I Left NYC for Tel Aviv. It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made.

Author Sophie Mendel

I left my life in New York City in search of community and belonging—in Tel Aviv, I found it. One year ago I decided to leave New York City and move to Tel Aviv. In the wake of October 7th...

Israel Ben Iosef

Jun 18, 2026, 10:36 PM

One People. One Book. One Capital.

An entire civilization built upon three pillars: One People: not a mass, not an abstract citizenship, not a consumer, not a floating individual. One Book: not a shifting ideology, not a political party, not an academic fashion, not the manifesto of...

Jun 17, 2026, 10:43 PM

The View From The Promised Land

Please read the following quotes: “With regard to your inclination toward a feeling of sadness, a good remedy for it is to have it firmly engraved on your mind that G‑d, the Creator of the world, watches over everyone individually...

Jun 16, 2026, 6:45 PM

Dybbooks: When Possessions Possess Dusty Dreams

Like a modern lyrical Cassandra, the songstress Marina Diamandis sings: "If you are not very careful Your possessions will possess you TV taught me how to feel Now real life has no appeal (Lyrics from Marina and The Diamonds – Oh No!) And as I...

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