Sometimes our days are spoken for without our consent. Today was one of those days. Each teen had an agenda, and I was expected to comply.
in whom do you trust?
for all time
taking it to the street
In Judaism, it isn't so much about what you know, but what you do. Judaism is a doing religion, not bound up in the recesses of your mind in theology. True, we need some truths to operate by, but we don't spend our time crowning ourself with laurels because we have these truths. We are expected to act.
making the mark
finding concentration
focus already
haze in the olam
mindful orbiting
simplicity gone too far
simple riches
a path to non-hoarding
like children
how the world stands
merciful consideration
Av HaRachamim
merciful words
the goldilocks principle
The Shema is a most wholesome exhortation of moderation. If we examine what it is saying, at the very beginning and core, it is commanding us to love Hashem in a few different ways. And those ways, if we do them, will help us to love Him in the best and balanced way. Without the complete embodiment of heart, soul, and might, we would fail miserably in our attempt to love Hashem.
