“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche In a moving video talk, comedian Michael Jr. describes the power of knowing your “why.” In it, he showed an audience a clip from a different event, in which he asked a member of that audience to sing
There are 7.4 billion people on earth at this moment. When contemplating that staggering number, it is easy to feel insignificant, inconsequential, even invisible. It is only natural to wonder, do I—or my actions—even matter? It is difficult to
A few weeks ago, a question was raised by one of the mechanchim in our yeshiva on how to respond to a student who asks his rebbe for his thoughts about the presidential candidate Donald Trump. Many of the mechanchim responded that it would be out of place for a rebbe
A pilgrimage to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital is a prerequisite for anyone considering a career which involves chesed. On second thought, it is a prerequisite to being a compassionate human being. If you are looking for a model of compassionate care and
“If you think you are beaten, you are… If you want to win, but think you can’t, it’s almost a cinch you won’t… Success begins with a fellow’s will… The man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” Walter D. Wintle When Ford CEO Alan Mulally was president at Boeing,
Is it necessary to include God to understand the origin and existence of the universe? During the last twenty years, there has been a revolution in the philosophical and scientific understanding of cosmology and the argument for Design. God and the Grand Design: Does
In a recent NLEResources.com post we discussed what makes a “good guest.” This time I would like to discuss what makes a “good host.” As a rabbi, I am often a sounding board for disgruntled guests who come complaining about their hosts. Therefore, over the years I have
