On Refugee Shabbat, the Torah shares its wisdom for resisting tyrants.

C.S. Lewis said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.” It's also a piece of Giving Up and Letting Go - Thomas Friedman, America 2022: Where Everyone Has Rights and No One Has Responsibilities

Claim your identity, but be open to review

Returning to our Heska Amuna Synagogue, what lessons can we begin to piece together? What do we keep and what do we give up?

Inhale your authentic self, and exhale your superficial self. Based on Robert Alter's translation of Ecclesiastes, "Merest breath."

Is "Brit" a (a) compact, (b) contract, (c) covenant, or (d) none of the above?

Good for Rosh HaShanah, or any time you need to release past regrets or future worries!

In trying times, we ought to rewrite our definition of success. Sometimes, surviving and thriving is its own blessing.

In trying times, what can our tradition teach us about remaining buoyant, agreeable, and content?

Narcissism is a plague of that age - how might the practices of Deuteronomy salve that?