Category: Human interactions

How far should one go to make peace? We can learn the answer to this from looking at stories of how Aaron makes peace.

Rabbi Dan Ornstein February 18, 2025 Daily Living Every Day

A delicate balance is required in dealing with difficult people, and the rabbis provide us a framework to explore this very question.

Joshua Klein February 13, 2025 Every Day Human interactions

Learn about fury and fermentation, the concept that our anger could be spiritual hametz during Pesach and all year-round.

Rabbi Dan Ornstein March 13, 2024 Every Day Holidays

It is largely agreed upon that the types of speech encompassed by the biblical prohibition fall into three categories of increasing severity.

The Observant Life (Book) May 19, 2023 Every Day Human interactions

In the game of Jewish geography, you connect with who you don’t know by connecting through who you do know. But is the game good ...

Rabbi Susan Leider November 17, 2022 Community Every Day

What does “Barukh HaShem" really mean? What is the origin of this phrase? If we don’t believe in God, how do we relate to the ...

Rabbi Susan Leider November 16, 2022 Blessings Daily Living

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