Spiritual

The weekly light of paradise

When we are faced with dark times in a dark world, we have two choices: we can curse the darkness or we can bring light into the darkness.

Zmirot - the pen of the soul

An extra soul on Shabbat

The Jewish people will use you as a blessing...

Oh, the humanity

Shabbat as a bulwark against transhumanism? Ben Judah argues that the laws of Shabbat safeguard something more essential than family time and Friday night dinners…

The Last Hurdle

“It was a long time ago — I am 42 now — but I still think about that Shabbat. That feeling of a great spirit body moving across the face of the dark water is an experience I still marvel at and have never felt again.”

Join author Daniel Browde on a lyrical, mysterious journey back in time to a Shabbat that has stayed with him.

Twilight reflections

Feeling my father’s presence

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. A time of death. And a time of life. I experienced the immeasurable loss of one person. And I filled the yawning chasm with a sense of belonging to an entire people... This is the story of how one fateful Shabbat changed everything.