blogs/rabbi-huberman

In 1967, the Brothers Gibb (Bee Gees) recorded what would become their fourth most popular song of all time. The chorus begins with the refrain, “It’s only words, and words are all I have…”

The sentiment conveys that no matter what exists in our hearts — good or bad — the way we express ourselves affects our relationships with the rest of the world. Our words are the engines...Read more...

Today, my mind is blank, because I don’t quite know how to inspire on this Shavuot — one of the most important, but least celebrated, days on the Jewish calendar.

Everyone knows Passover — it’s about freedom, matzah, Seders and family.

On Sukkot, we dwell in simple huts, ponder our fragility and focus on humility. On Yom Kippur we fast,...Read more...

Probably one of the most important, yet overlooked, lines in the entire Torah appears in its early chapters.

The Torah instructs us about the environment.

Over the years, with all of the discussion in Genesis about whether God created the earth in six days, or whether the world evolved over time, we have tended to gloss over God's instructions to humanity — to protect and guard the...Read more...

Recently, as I was speaking with a colleague about how his congregation was managing during the pandemic, he sighed and posed a question: "When, I wonder, will things get back to normal?"

I replied, "I think we are in the new normal."

Indeed, the loss of more than 65,000 Americans during the current coronavirus epidemic is — at minimum — heartbreaking, and in most ways, obscene and...Read more...

Is it just me, or does it seem that we are all gaining weight during this time of isolation?

We were supposed to cook healthier, eat lighter and shed a few pounds now that we are confined to our homes.

And to some extent, that has been the case. So why is it, at least for me, that the opposite seem to be true?

So how interesting it is, that this week's Torah portion, Sh'mini,...Read more...