My brother was trying to decide if a friend of mine was too religious for him to date. We were both in our teens then. I had no idea how he defined “too religious.” “Just tell me,” he said. “Is she ...

It’s easy to let opportunities for gratitude pass you by. Many of us might find it easier to talk to God when we need something, but then forget to express appreciation when things go well. We might ...

There is a traditional Jewish blessing that I recite every time I come out of the bathroom (asher yatzar). In this blessing, we celebrate that our bodies are miraculously working, expressing gratitude ...

Within the Jewish tradition of blessings recited on particular occasions, there is one I particularly have loved for over thirty years, and that is the asher yatzar (Who formed) blessing. I love it ...

When I was an elementary school student in yeshiva - a Jewish parochial school with both religious and secular studies - my classmates and I used to find amusing a sign that was posted just outside ...