The First Creation
“In the beginning,” states the opening and perhaps the most famous verse of the Torah, “G-d created the heavens and the earth.” Rabbi Saadia…
Facing Mortality (3:33)
Judaism is profoundly optimistic, exhorting us to look at every day as an opportunity to seize the moment. and to consider death as a mechanism to treasure life, and give meaning, purpose, joy and passion to each of our moments.
Honoring Their Last Wish
When confronted with the finality of death, people often want to ensure that their life’s work, values, influence and contributions to society continue after…
The Benefits of Fear (2:19)
Our approach to life is dependent on how we handle fear of death. Too little fear leads to dangerous and unproductive lives, but
too much fear is paralyzing. The appropriate relationship with fear compels us to conduct our lives in a meaningful and productive way.
Retirement: The Folly and the Opportunity
“And Abraham grew old, and came along in days; and G-d blessed Abraham in everything” -Genesis 24:1 The Torah considers old age a virtue…
3 things I learned while my plane crashed (4:55)
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down?