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Lighting Up the World

I was looking at my To-Do list yesterday. “Looking” is the operative word. Not completing the items on my To-Do list. I get as much pleasure making these lists as I do window shopping. But looking at the result, the long list itself, is like picking up the bill after an extravagant meal at a restaurant (hmm…when was the last time I’ve been to a restaurant…I guess back in the days when the bill was cheaper than the babysitting!) I ask, as many others do, how am I going to get this done. In addition, like most people, I am … Continue reading →

Self Sacrifice and Beginning a Business

Every week, I try to attend services across from our house. Sometimes I opt for a women’s group which focuses on weekly in-depth studying of different sections of the Torah or “parshas.” This past week, the group organizer passed out slips based on important sections from the Torah and what prominent figures like Moshe or Avraham or Ruth said. There were names of tribes and daughter and sons whose names I didn’t recognize or couldn’t even pronounce clearly. We read these section aloud, gave our own spiritual interpretation and tried to associate them with the trials and tribulations of modern … Continue reading →

Does it Always Have to Be About Self-Sacrifice?

We’ve all, no doubt, heard that parenting is a thankless job; most of us realize by now that there is a great deal of self-sacrifice and compromise that comes with the job of parent. While I thought I had a realistic picture of what being a parent would be like and I certainly went into it with open eyes, over the years the constant giving in, making adjustments, and self-sacrifice have surprised me. Not just in the quantity that is required of the average parent (or the average mom, really), but in my willingness and ability to adjust and rise … Continue reading →

The Silly and the Sacred

The basis for all of our mistakes is foolishness, says Schneur Zalman of Liadi, but what can we do about this foolishness? How can a vicious cycle of behavior be transformed into something productive, and is it necessary to uproot bad habits or to redirect impulses? Today marks 57 years since Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn accepted the leadership of the Lubavitcher Chassidim whose headquarters are in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. After his predecessor, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, passed away a year earlier, his son-in-law refused the position of Rebbe for an entire year until the day after the anniversary of the previous … Continue reading →