LIVING WITH PURPOSE

How easy would life be if we had a clear sense of direction? Modern life is so filed with increasing challenges that our minds and hearts are almost permanently distracted. How can we transcend the noise and rediscover the clarity that so resonates deep down within us. As always we begin our search with the timeless narrative between man and G-d as recorded in this week’s Torah portion. This verse begins with a sentence that is immensely profound and insightful yet at the sam

Let me begin this week with a very sobering question. Do you not sense that the world around us seems to be unravelling? Do you not feel that conventional norms and values are being eroded from day to day? Is the world around us not losing its mind? Look all around you. Brexit, Donald Trump, the rise of the European far right, North Korea, and the list goes on... The question we must ask ourselves, both as individuals and as a people, is how do we transcend the chaos? Or to p

Human beings more than anything else need friendship. Young or old, male or female we all yearn for that companionship. As brilliantly and succinctly put by a wise Talmudic sage, "Either friendship or death". In order to explain the diverse range of festivals during this month of Tishrei, a beautiful metaphor is offered by the first Lubavitcher Rebbe. Once, a father showed tremendous kindness to his child. Unfortunately the child grew to become ungrateful. After some consider