Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E. Frankl CONDEMNED TO CHOOSE Jean-Paul Sartre claimed that we are “condemned to freedom.” By this, he meant that I am not free because I must make... Read more »

A blind man and a lame man steal some fruit from an orchard guarded by a high fence. They do this by joining forces. The lame man climbs onto the shoulders of the blind man and guides him toward the fruit. When caught, each of them claims that he is obviously unable to commit the... Read more »

___________________ Today you are you. That is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you. Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You BEING TRUE TO ONESELF Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, one of the great sages of the last century, made a remarkable statement: “I, with all my abilities, potentials, and talents, both... Read more »

Olami Resources is happy to present a series of free installments featuring Rabbi Avraham Edelstein’s important new book, The Human Challenge. This week we are sharing the third essay from Section One – A Purposeful Life – entitled, Journey and Destination. ___________________ Man attains his unique identity when, after having been enlightened by G-d that he is... Read more »

Olami Resources is happy to present a series of free installments featuring Rabbi Avraham Edelstein’s important new book, The Human Challenge. This week we are sharing the second essay from Section One – A Purposeful Life – entitled, Freedom. ___________________ When we know our purpose, commitment is an engagement, not a constraint. PROGRESS AS A... Read more »

Olami Resources is happy to present the second essay in a series of free installments featuring Rabbi Avraham Edelstein’s important new book, The Human Challenge. Rabbi Avraham Edelstein serves as the Education Director of Neve Yerushalayim College for Women and a senior advisor to Olami. Many of Rabbi Edelstein’s foundational publications addressing the world of... Read more »

Any tragedy that happens to the Jewish people – or to the world in general – requires us to pause, check ourselves and do Teshuva on everything that needs it. The tragedy that just happened in Meron is no different. But there was surely something deeper going on. The period between Pesach and Shavuos was... Read more »

The petira of Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun, Reb Itche, as we all fondly called him, is a sad moment. He was one of the most easily lovable, huggable people on this earth. He combined this with enormous dedication and productivity to the Klal. Reb Itche spent his early adult years on the front-lines through NCSY. In the... Read more »

This blog draws on Antony Jay, How To Run a Meeting, Harvard Business Magazine (March 1976), except where otherwise stated. Don’t Have Meetings at All: Meetings should not be your default option. Resolve what you can through one-on-ones or twos, or phone calls rather than group meetings. Sometimes five minutes spent with six people separately... Read more »

Most meetings that organizations run either waste enormous amounts of time, or are a waste in their entirety. People come late, there often isn’t a clear goal to the meeting (even if there is an agenda), individuals are more or less allowed to speak freely, including off-topic and without limits, and as a result, other... Read more »

Pages By: Rabbi Avraham Edelstein

The Human Challenge – The Threshold of Choice

The Human Challenge – Body and Soul

The Human Challenge – Who Am I?

The Human Challenge – Journey and Destination

The Human Challenge – Freedom

Belief as a Relationship

The Lag B’Omer Tragedy

Hesped for Itchiel Lowenbraun

The Science of Successful Team Meetings, Part 2

The Science of Successful Team Meetings, Part I

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