Issue 82 - Shavuos

About 15 years ago, I heard a story about Rabbi Mendel of Horodok. Someone had stood on Har Hazeisim and…

It’s been a minute. Let’s journal. Sivan, and my mind runs straight to Har Sinai.
I can almost hear the song…

But why did they have to die? That question about Rabbi Akiva’s students has bothered me since childhood.  “Because they…

One of the most interesting Jewish customs is the minhag to stay up all night on Shavous. The origin of…

“If only Hashem had given me the brains of Albert Einstein, then gevald — I would’ve been so excited to…

There is a longing at the center of every human life. We feel it most acutely in the quiet moments:…