In the fall of 2020 my wife and I moved into our new home, new to us, it is a 1950s bungalow. One of my longtime dreams was to have a home with a large front porch, a place to unwind, a personal tranquil spot where you can pause for a moment and breath. A …
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Chinese Proverb My last blog ‘QC’, https://emunatrek.com/2021/01/31/qc/ introduced the topic of mussar. “Mussar is typically defined as ethical teachings. That is, the field of mussar is devoted to character and behavioral improvement.” Rabbi Ephraim D. Becker, Ph.D. This series will be more of a …
By taking an honest look at the world around us, we will find that it is lacking in the area of morality and proper human ethics, one could conclude that there has been a major reduction in their teaching and observance in homes, religious, and educational institutions. Mortality and ethics are quickly dying out, Mayberry …
I want to thank my wife for the inspirational input she gave me for this blog. We have been discussing the current events like many others. I have been wanting to write a piece about something I saw happing among the many who was voicing their feelings over the current events here in the USA. …
I don’t think I have written on this topic before. I want to thank a Facebook friend, Christopher for the inspiration for this blog. Those that have stepped out of the religions of this world onto the pathway of the Creator for the non-Jewish nations can experience a variety of struggles. One of them, is …
This will be my first blog after moving into our new home. The subject of this writing has been on my mind for weeks now. In trying times be it personal, communal or even national, one of the cries of the religious community is, that we the people and we as a nation needs to …
This past week a dear Jewish friend sent me a picture of him during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. I cherish pictures like this that he sends from time to time, they have a way of capturing my soul - my soul rejoices when I witness a Jew preforming their mitzvot. (Check out the Glossary …
It happened late on a Saturday afternoon, I walked into a mighty rushing river of silence and beauty. The silence was so large, so vast, it overpowered my body and soul. Technically, I cannot find any words within my English language to properly describe the experience of that much silence; how do you describe something …
One of the loves of my life is being a student of the Hebrew Scriptures. A part of those studies includes meditation, a time of mentally chewing and pondering something I have read or a new understanding of a Hebrew word or passage, this meditation may go on for hours, days and even weeks. In …
This blog was inspired by a discussion we had during our Torah For The Nations Zoom class. Our classes are more like family discussions, we may start out with a specific topic it seems to always lead us into a discussion of other subjects. Our rabbi, Rabbi Pesach Sherbow desires his classes to revolve around …
