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When I Decided to Take God and Religion Seriously

I ignored the holiday of Shavuot the same way I ignored the issues related to God – more out of ignorance and apathy than informed choice.

What is Shavuot?

Shavuot celebrates the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

Magic of Shavuot 1967

200,000 Jews converged on the Western Wall that day.

Listen to the Silence

If you want to encounter God, you need to experience silence.

Feel-Good Judaism

Receiving the Torah requires the courage to bid farewell to our pre-conceived notions and to subjugate our ego to radical transcendence.

Small Acts, Cosmic Implications

The camera is always on. You never know which small deed you do that can have cosmic implications.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Mount Everest and Mount Sinai

It is not the mountain that we conquer but it is ourselves.

The Book of Ruth: A Crash Course

Mother of royalty, paradigm of humility and generosity.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Survivor's Guilt: Covid, The Holocaust, and Sinai

Channeling the potential guilt by embracing a life filled with meaning and purpose.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

The Revolutionary Revelation

What would a world without Torah look like?

Sara Yoheved Rigler

God's Greatest Gift

A meditation for Shavuot.

When All Went Silent

Covid, Shavuot and how to hear the voice of God.

Up All Night

Why we learn Torah in the wee hours of morning on Shavuot.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Perseverance: NASA’s Mars Project and Preparing for Shavuot

Perseverance is what will bring us to Mars this summer. And it's the crucial trait we need for our spiritual journey as well.

Steph Curry’s Shavuot Message

Forget the moment of glory. Real success is built on daily consistent choices.

Shavuot: The Holiday for the People of the Book

The centrality of Torah in a Jew’s life.

Experiencing the Depth of Shavuot

Understanding what is Torah and the spiritual opportunity of Shavuot.

 

Judaism’s Unique Claim: National Revelation

Why is Judaism the only religion in the world that claims God revealed Himself to an entire nation?

Of Angels, Cheeseburgers & Cheesecake

An in-depth, philosophical look into the custom of eating dairy on Shavuot.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Jewish Heroes and Shavuot

The power of Torah is the influence of the giants of our past to shape the dreams and the aspirations of our future.

Women in the Bible #8: Ruth

Mother of royalty, paradigm of humility and generosity.

Sodom, Ruth and the Kindness Imperative

An in-depth analysis of Ruth’s unique journey to the Jewish people and how she brought with her the key to humanity's redemption.

Shavuot: The Bare Bones Holiday

Dust off the wedding album and go back to the chuppah when you looked into each other's eyes and saw only love, potential and meaning.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Religion in the Age of Disrespect

Shavuot, commencement and the reason for two tablets.

We’re Not Doing God Any Favors

All this time that I thought I was giving I was really receiving.

Healing an Ancient Wound

The meaning of tikkun and its connection to Shavuot.

When Choosing God Isn’t Practical

Is a relationship with God worth it? Shavuot supplies the answer.

Sharing the Gift of Torah

Shavuot reminds me why I’m grateful for having the Torah in my life.

Holy Cheesecake: Why We Feast on Shavuot

Why must a spiritual day include physical delights?

Ruth vs. Orpah: The High Stakes of Life

The Book of Ruth teaches us man’s enormous potential for greatness – and the catastrophic results if such greatness is misdirected.

King David’s Heart

Life’s difficult challenges aren’t interruptions. They’re what we need to compose our unique song.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The 10 Commandments Today

Why we need them now more than ever.

Catch Me

Four ways Torah transforms my life.

King David & Jewish Leadership

Four essential traits to being a leader.

Shavuot: Crazy, Stupid Love

Staying up Shavuot night teaches us what Torah study is all about.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The 10 Commandments for Our Times

Now more than ever, the world can benefit from the Decalogue’s contemporary lessons.

No Matter What, I Love You

Parents – and God – love their children unconditionally, no matter what they do.

Field of Potential

The Maharal of Prague on Shavuot and the essence of man.

 

Crash Course in Shavuot

A fascinating, big picture overview of the holiday of Shavuot and the Ten Commandments.

Leap of Faith?

Why did the Jews at Sinai accept the Torah before understanding everything in it?

 

Shavuot: The Secret of Inspiration

Why did God wait 49 days before giving the Torah?

Shavuot: Nexus between Man and God

How Shavuot and its parallel facets of meaning represent the intertwining of God's omnipotence with man's free will.

The Path to Sinai

The three prerequisites to receiving the Torah: diligence, humility and unity.

Counting Up

Moving step by step towards Shavuot.

Renewing Our Vows

Shavuot gives us the opportunity to step out of our hectic lives and rekindle the passionate love between us and God.

Chosen

It's not our Intelligence Quotients that count, but our Righteousness Quotients.

The Mission of Torah

God does not expect us to be perfect. If we were perfect, we would not have received the Torah.

Shavuot and the Grateful Dead

How I first received the Torah, bedecked in torn jeans and a tattoo.

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