blogs/rabbi-huberman

I’d like you to do something.

Please raise your hand, if you are named after someone in your family, who no longer walks this earth.

You are not alone.

Most Jewish people carry the name of a grandparent, aunt, uncle or family friend. Who are you named after?

This question is important because these days, while many couples struggle with what to name...Read more...

There are many types of vaccines.

On our minds these days, is the vaccine against COVID-19, which is beginning to make its way across the world.

The idea behind a vaccine, of course, is that it immunizes us against a physical disease...Read more...

In the days preceding Chanukah, I found myself watching a miniseries on Netflix, which prompted me to ask the question:

Who is your Mr. Shaibel?

Mr. Shaibel is the gruff custodian, who — in the Queen’s Gambit — often languishes in the darkened basement of a Lexington, Kentucky orphanage, playing chess by himself.

He is not your typical hero.

One day,...Read more...

Embedded in the name of every Jew is a word, which over thousands of years, has helped define who we are. That word is “thanksgiving.”

For, the words, “thank you,” are essential to how we, as Jews, interact with God and with humanity.

That simple...Read more...

One of Judaism’s greatest rabbis, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), wrote in his later years:

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

It’s an amazing insight from a rabbi who on...Read more...