blogs/rabbi-huberman

Parashat Eikev
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. (Deuteronomy 28:9)

The other day, I was thinking about the evolution of magazines. You remember magazines.

We’ve evolved from Life and Look magazines — established during the mid-1930s — which, through...Read more...

I have a choice when I wake up each morning.

I can greet the day with hope and optimism, or I can convince myself — as I sip my first cup of coffee — that, “everyone will be out to get me today.”

It happens. We are a little late for work or an appointment, and we try to race a green light, which, to our frustration, turns red.

Then, we manage to hit every...Read more...

“You are not obliged to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” (Pirkei Avot 2:16)

I had a minor revelation this week while having lunch with a colleague who is writing a book focused on Torah wisdom for seniors.

We as Jews dedicate so much of our educational resources toward children, who we rightly regard as the beacons of our future.

But...Read more...

I am a Jew.

I’ll tell you what that means to me.

Being a Jew connects me with a 4,000-year-old tradition to seek justice within an often-unjust world.

Being a Jew is to draw on a history dating back to the time of slavery in Egypt and reminds me — through the DNA of a storied people — to ensure that no one under my immediate or extended watch is ever...Read more...

I am a Jew.

I’ll tell you what that means to me.

Being a Jew connects me with a 4,000-year-old tradition to seek justice within an often-unjust world.

Being a Jew is to draw on a history dating back to the time of slavery in Egypt and reminds me — through the DNA of a storied people — to ensure that no one under my immediate or extended watch is ever...Read more...