What is a Rebbe and how is he different than a rebbe (lower-case r) and a rabbi? The latter two are merely teachers, people on equal footing as you but who have knowledge you don’t….
Browsing Category Faith
An Adorable Little Roadblock
I never took that dive into being one of the faithless. My faith was just… never there. When all the other kids in my school proudly put on tefillin, I was merely annoyed by yet…
Struggles With Doubt
Very lately I’ve been struggling with doubt. To say the least of it the demand or rather assertion that it is a sin for one to honestly analyze the truth of one’s faith (see for…
Conartist For Hashem
to conartist is to take on a special portrait like those in the movies and bal Shem tov tales That speak truths through the dichotomy of truths So I take on the mirror of the…
Kiddush Levana
Finding the moon in the stars Looking out for it to shine High above the clouds We chase to find What we call divine Kiddush levana As the moon peeks behind the heavens To remind…
On Being Divine
Originally, we were divine celestial beings, afraid of nothing far in between. Then we managed to climb up a hill, claim Gd and then a cow as our will. To live. We all know we…
A Screen Writer On Divine Providence
Divine providence they tell you It’s all from Him His hand His leaf His word And you rely on what you see Instead of what you hear With your heart that co-dependence On a perspective…
The Struggle Is Real
Struggle Why is it so important for You to get under my skin All I am trying to accomplish Is refinement of my soul from its sin I burn at my core with desire To…
I Am An Outdoor Chanukah Menorah On Central Park North
I am dull To the backdrop to the city lights Yet sexy in my unique nature To stand out as a candleabra An art fixture Among the other stores That squeeze -consume me- I want…
On Fear And Faith
It’s when fear casts shadows On places previously sun drenched. Had we never known of monsters, Would we have been afraid Of the black space beneath our beds? Had we never known of the evils…