by mussar | Jan 6, 2021 | January, Newsletter, Student Platform
Mussar is Judaism’s best-kept secret – not well-known within the Jewish community, much less outside of it. But as a non-Jew who is studying Mussar through the Center for Contemporary Mussar, I’m very grateful that I found it and can experience its life-transforming...
by mussar | Dec 1, 2020 | December, Newsletter, Student Platform
Considering the Burden of the Deceivers and the Deceived By Sandy Goldstein I intended to base my d’var on a positive and noble characteristic, like Truth. After all, Truth seems to be a major issue in Parsha Tol’dot. The prophet declares: “The Lord God is...
by mussar | Sep 29, 2020 | Newsletter, October, Student Platform
Rising With Gratitude¹, by Martha Hare When we all entered lockdown in March, my inbox was filled with beautiful poems of solidarity and the websites I visited for spiritual sustenance were filled with uplifting statements. I already knew that I live in overlapping...