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Writings
Short reflections on Chassidus and the inner life — each one written to be read slowly, in a single sitting.
30 June 2026
Shevat joins service and leadership — drawing Divine wisdom down into the world like water from a well. On Tu biShvat, the New Year of the Trees, we learn that we grow, like palms, only when our roots intertwine with others.
Read29 June 2026
A story editor is essentially a writer’s sandbox, and this piece is designed specifically to test the structural boundaries, pacing, and rhythm of short-form fiction.
Read29 June 2026
Tevet begins with the last lights of Chanukah, whose glow helps reveal the hidden good (Tov) in the cold and in life's challenges. Its avodah is to heal the 'evil eye' and to learn to see the good in others and in ourselves.
Read28 June 2026
Kislev is the month of trust and of light — of Chanukah and the 19th of Kislev, the New Year of Chassidus. It reveals the inner, mystical dimension of Torah, like oil that lights up the darkness.
Read27 June 2026
Cheshvan, the only month with no holidays, is the month of bringing Tishrei's light into ordinary life. As the eighth month it is the month of the supernatural — the month of Moshiach and the future third Temple.
Read26 June 2026
Tishrei, the head of the year, is satiated with holy days — Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkos and Simchas Torah. Its sign is the scale of Divine judgment, and its inner theme is Teshuvah, the soul's return to its Source.
Read23 June 2026
Tammuz begins the challenging summer of Divine judgment — the month of the broken Tablets and the start of the Three Weeks. Its sense is sight, and its avodah is to train the eye to see only the inner, positive good.
Read22 June 2026
Sivan is the month of the giving of the Torah on Shavuos — a wedding of G-d and Israel, marked by unity, the number three, and the humility of a low mountain.
Read21 June 2026
Iyar is the month of healing — its name spells 'Ani Hashem Rofecha,' I am G-d your Healer. It is the month of counting the Omer, refining the animal soul, and the joy of Lag B'Omer.
Read20 June 2026
Nissan is the first of the months and the month of spring and redemption. It carries the energy of royalty and of speech, and its holiday, Pesach, is the power to leap past every limitation into freedom.
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