These High Holy Days, are you ‘moving out’ or ‘moving in?’
This summer, I have been going back and forth to Philadelphia to help my parents with their big move to...
The Kabbalah of emotional freedom
By Rabbi Yossi Lipsker In Jewish thought the number seven symbolizes the routine cycles of our lives and the behavior...
What is missing in your life?
I wrote this today four days after my first grandchild was born and dedicate it to Adina Lipsker and Moshe...
Eight ways that Hanukkah is geared toward personal development: Let’s call them Eight Lights
1. For Light One, it seems natural to begin with the first night. We begin with one candle and gradually...
A world without fear
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker One of my favorite cinema moments of all time is with Vincent Casell...
Marking Tisha B’Av: Where do we go from here?
Not since 4 August 70 CE have the Jewish people taken this kind of hit on communal Jewish worship. Yes...
We are all in this aloneness, together
By Rabbi Yossi Lipsker B y now, everyone knows that the shuls/synagogues are closed. This might be a good a...
The candle of spirit
According to the Kabalistic creation narrative, G-d Shares a deep infinite light with the world at the very beginning of...
Ten rules for North Shore people for a Happy (and meaningful) Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
1. Get to the Butcherie early if that’s where you do your pre High Holiday shopping. If you are in...
We will not remain silent
It’s too quiet. I feel like there is something off here. I might be imagining it but my sense...
