For the past three months, I’ve sat down every week with the intention of writing something meaningful, only to stop after a paragraph or two. Life is busy, especially since my wife and I welcomed our son, Shimon, into the world. I cherish every moment with him, but time feels scarce, and my perfectionist tendencies don’t help. I convince myself that if I can’t write something great, it’s not worth sharing. This “all-or-nothing” mindset has held me back, not just with writing

Lately, I have been thinking about davening and its personal significance in my life. I've come to realize that davening is deeply subjective and is not a one-size-fits-all practice. This means that each person will interact with it on a different level, and that is okay. A close friend and I recently started learning or discussing davening from the siddur. It's fascinating how words I have recited for most of my life can take on new dimensions when we sit with the emotions,

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Recently, I had the opportunity to internalize a lesson from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe teaches us from a chassidic discourse on the posuk that says, " The many waters aren't able to destroy the love a man has for Hashem". We learn later in the discourse that the Many waters refer to the natural anxieties that come along with making a living. Sometimes, when the world seems scary, I like to look at this verse and think about how I'm going to overcome the challenges that

Earlier this week, eleven yidden were killed in a shul. At first, I didn't know how to react but, today, I came up with something. When we complete the mission on this earth that Hashem predestined for us, we are taken back to heaven. These eleven holy neshamas were put into the world and completed the mission of uniting the jewish community over their passing. This week's parsha speaks about the life of Sara. The lubavitcher Rebbe's commentary explains that Sara's life was l

The weeks are flying by! I signed up for a half marathon a couple of months ago but it feels like yesterday. Sometimes, in an empty moment, there is an opportunity to see inspiration in the world and take advantage of it. This is a big reason why I signed up for the marathon. Until recently, I was lost on how to complete the goal of actually running and was feeling down about it. Last Shabbos, Hashem heard my voice and actions are being done every day to make this dream a rea

Yesterday my yeshiva, Yeshiva of Miami, celebrated the opening of their new building with the placement of Mezuzos on the doors. However, it wasn’t only the placing of the Mezuzos we were celebrating. Rather, it was a celebration of an idea that finally came to fruition. It was a celebration of a single thought that developed into a major project, and during that project, no matter how many changes had to be made, we took one step at a time towards the final goal. I am glad t

In this world we have many things which teach us lessons. We can take a lesson from music, pictures, mistakes one makes, getting in trouble from school etc. Everything can have a lesson or a motivation attached, which can carry us through hard times. In this weeks Parsha, Parsha's Chayie Sara. We read about the passing of Sora. To everybody this is a sad time because we don't have her physically. But when a person passes on we should take the good parts of their life to emula

When a person wakes up every morning, he gets to thank Hashem for giving him another day to be on this world. In this week's parsha, we read about the final days of Sara's life. Sara was the mother of the religious world so therefore it was a sad for the Jewish people when she suddenly passed away. A lesson we could take from this is to be grateful for the days we have. Unfortunately sometimes people don't get the ability to continue on this world, but just know that they wa