by Rabbi David Levin | Feb 27, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Peer Conversations, Teaching
We celebrate life. When someone has a birthday, we wish them Ad Meah v’Esrim! May you live to 120. We hope that you will also live as long as Moses. It’s a great idea, but how many of us know someone, anyone who has actually made it that far? We wish long life, but...
by Rabbi David Levin | Feb 16, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General
This is another Shabbat filled with anger, grief, and tragic loss. Seventeen children and teachers were murdered in their school. I believe that we will be God damned if each of us does not join to protect our children from the ravages of gun violence. I was taught...
by Rabbi David Levin | Dec 24, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, Teaching
It’s hard to get where you are going if you don’t know where you are And you can’t know where you are if you don’t know where you’ve been. As aphorisms go, mine admittedly needs some work, but I hope you get the gist of it. We are ourselves like links in a...
by Rabbi David Levin | Nov 8, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Peer Conversations, Teaching
Pleased and proud to help my friend and colleague Rabbi Richard Address launch Jewish Sacred Aging Radio! For the initiation of this wonderful project, Rabbi Address, Rabbi Simcha Raphael, and I had a lively insightful conversation about questions surrounding the...
by Rabbi David Levin | Sep 29, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh
May 5778 be a year of fulfillment and Meaning.
by Rabbi David Levin | Sep 22, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh
This evening is Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. May your High Holidays be meaningful and 5778 be a year of health and blessings. L’ShanahTovau’metukah! Shabbat...
