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The Rehearsal of Teshuva: Three Reflections on the Process of Change
What would your life be like if you had more practice at the hard parts? This is the question posed by comedian-director…
How to Live Sin-Free
“Sin” is the blockage, the obstructions, in life—how do we avoid it? The Talmud offers timeless wisdom for evading bad and living…
How to Say Sorry
We turn to God during Elul for forgiveness. We apologize, regret, and earnestly await its reception. God is compassionate, merciful, loving, so…
Wake Up, My Soul
“Wake Up” By Adam Zagajewski Wake up, my soul. I don’t know where you are, where you’re hiding, but wake up,…
On the Road: Baderech
Excerpted from Baderech: Along the Path of Teshuva, by Judah Mischel. Mosaica Press, September 2021. Reprinted with permission. ענה ואמר: בדרך ספרתי…
Rebuilding Faith as a Frum Person
Excerpted from Questioning the Answers, by Kayla Haber-Goldstein. Mosaica Press, August 2022. Reprinted with permission. I’m finding it difficult to write this…
Real Change Is a Process—and It Takes Time
We all want—or have wanted—to be like someone we admire. We hold them in high stature, donning the medallion of success and…
Avoiding Bad Advice and Unhealthy Change
Is change good or bad? Teshuva sounds like great change, a process of reinventing self for the better. That sounds like good…
How to Change Ourselves and Our Lives
Imagination is the doorway to higher destiny. We envision what life could look like under different conditions: if we lived elsewhere, if…
Teshuva Is Messy and Beautiful. That’s What Makes It Real.
American author Steven Pressfield knows what makes a compelling story, so he was taken aback when one producer repeatedly raised issues with…
How to Navigate Changing Faith and Religiosity
Religious change does not operate on a schedule, nor with any assumed convenience. Our relationship to faith, belief, and practice vary over…
Yom Kippur: The Jewish Time Traveler’s Manual
What lies at the center of Yom Kippur? When Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin completed Tractate Yoma, he wondered the same thing. In this…