Yehuda Fogel

With Tu B’Shvat—the new year for trees—coming up on Sunday, we’ve got the natural world on our minds. Here’s your starter pack…

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are…

Traditional Jewish law outlines three prayers to be said each day: Shacharis in the morning, Mincha in the afternoon or evening, and…

What does it mean to live after rationality?  In one sense, we all live in a world indelibly influenced by the enlightenment,…

“To be Jewish. To be, in an absolutely singular manner… a thought of the Return. The Return to the Sinai… The thought…

Your faith was strong but you needed proof… – Leonard Cohen  Chanukah comes at a particularly vulnerable point in the cycle of…

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.  -Meister Eckhart קטנתי מכל…

The belief that when we peel away cultural encrustations we will arrive at the essence of a tradition or a culture assumes…

There is a growing debate within Jewish circles about the term “Tikkun Olam” – meaning to fix or change the world. Some…

Download the full reader here. Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary. — Pema Chodron   Never once in my life…

By: Yehuda Fogel There is a hassidic story about a disciple who once asked his teacher: ‘Rabbi, do you believe that God…

Rabbi Yohanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai: If only the Jewish people would keep two Shabbatot in accordance…