Articles &amp; Newsletters

Noah hammered for 120 years while his neighbors asked why, and one Zohar exposes what he never offered them.

3d ago

Chevra Newsletter #39: God Hid the Best Light in a Genizah

Your oldest, tear-stained siddur holds a secret about the hidden light of the first day of creation.

1w ago

Chevra Newsletter #38: Why Mashiach's Name Means He Falls

A king dug until the deep waters threatened to drown the world. Then he sang fifteen songs to bring them back up.

2w ago

Chevra Newsletter #37: The Flimsiest Hut Is the Safest Place

A lock on a door you could flick open with one finger, and why that little hut is the safest place you will sit all year.

3w ago

Chevra Newsletter #36: God Kept the World Alive Because of You

Moshe Rabbeinu's question about the Tower of Babel has a one-word answer that names every Jew alive today.

Chevra Newsletter #35: Hashem Wants This More Than You Do

This Rosh Hashanah, you'll say one word in every prayer that most people walk right past.

Chevra Newsletter #34: The Rabbi Who Came Back With One Verdict

A Talmudic sage returned from death's edge and named the one man we've all been ignoring.

Chevra Newsletter #33: Every Morning You Are Standing at Sinai

Moshe says God commands you today, and Rashi notices something that should have stopped every reader cold for centuries.

Chevra Newsletter #32: He Predicted This Five Hundred Years Ago

The Ariz"l named our generation's defining crisis before America existed, and the Torah says exactly what it costs our children

Chevra Newsletter #31: What Stays Here After Your Soul Goes Up

A crowd at a train station erupted for a Rebbe who was, by every honest measure, a complete nothing.

2mo ago

Chevra Newsletter #30: The Night Before Two Thousand Years

A Midrash calls Tisha B'Av our greatest festival, and the Ohev Yisrael proves it with a marriage law.

2mo ago

Chevra Newsletter #29: Brighter Than Gold, Chained to a Roman Bedpost

The Romans replaced their marble statues with chained Jewish children, and what that reveals about us has not faded.

Chevra Newsletter #28 — He Could Have Asked for Jerusalem. He Didn't.

When Rome's future Caesar offered Rabban Yochanan anything he wanted, what he asked for looked like a consolation prize.

Chevra Newsletter #27 — The Monk on the Mountain Missed the Point

Rav Natan says your Oreos and your kids and your traffic might be the place where holiness completes itself.

Chevra Newsletter #26 — Even Under the Table

I asked my rebbe if I should walk into the dorms and the nightclubs to find them. He answered with four words.

Chevra Newsletter #25 — Your Grumpy Face Is a Public Hazard

After a lifetime of marriage, one of Jerusalem's greatest rabbis still paused at his own front door. Why?

Chevra Newsletter #24 — Nobody Is Coming to Do It for You

On his final day the Vilna Gaon held his tzitzit and wept over a few pennies he could no longer spend.

Chevra Newsletter #23 — Hillel Says You're Withholding Life From Someone

A twenty-five-year-old at the Kotel had never heard Shema Yisrael. Hillel says that silence is on you.

Chevra Newsletter #22 — The Rabble Lives Closer Than You Think

Rashi names names in Bamidbar, and the scariest part isn't who he's pointing at.

Chevra Newsletter #21 — You Are Exactly as Holy as You Want to Be