Weekly Thoughts

Seven years ago, I made the commitment to write weekly and share the thoughts that I had been thinking about for the past week or so.   And ...

  Every year, we gather to bring in the Jewish New Year, where part of the liturgy talks about opening up the “Book of Life” on Rosh Hashana...

  I do not get out much.   Since March, I have written about the minimal times that I have been out, the circles that I have drawn around my...

  For four months, my life has been existing primarily from within my house.   I can probably count the number of times that I have been to ...

My last haircut was towards the beginning of January.  Normally, I would have said that my next cut would be at the end of March / beginning...

Dining outside (or eating al fresco), people laughing together and children running up and down the sidewalk – clear signs that summer is he...

I have been involved in the change business for a few decades, related to system implementations and process improvements.   The rule of thu...

I know that nobody will ever mistake me for a bodybuilder, an athlete, nor a sports-minded individual.   I am good with that and I am...

11 weeks of remaining in our homes.  11 weeks of guidance requesting we maintain distance from other people.  11 weeks of wearing masks ...

Egg and Cheese on homemade challah rolls on the back deck My days always seem the same – wake up, motivate myself to exercise, shower,...

Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”   We are curren...

Imagine the year is 1519 and we have been sailing on a ship crossing the Atlantic for weeks on end.   We know that we are going to lan...

I hate to admit this, but I do not always know what day of the week it is.   I find that there are things about the way I think and perce...

דם (Blood), צפרדע (Frogs)…as we were reciting the 10 plagues that Hashem brought upon the land of ancient Egypt during the Passover S...

As goofy as this might sound, I found myself sitting this morning with a free moment.   Debbie, Gab, Bec and myself (with Lucy Lou) have ...

Let me tell you about my Aunt Rose.   Yes, I know most people in my age category had an Aunt Rose.   This is about my aunt, in this ca...

I have barely stepped outside this week.   No, I am not infected nor under quarantine.   Nor am I afraid of getting sick myself.   It is ...

To close or not to close…that was the question plaguing me all week long.   As President of our synagogue, I looked towards President Tru...

My Mom had a lot of recipes that she wrote out, some were hand-me downs, others were ones that she picked up along the way.   It is fu...

I am not following the Impeachment Trial, but I am bothered by the choice of words being used by both sides and easily gleaned from the h...