by Rabbi David Levin | Jun 28, 2018 | Blessings, Teaching
I ask my wedding couples: What your Judaism looks like? It is an important question because how they will embrace Judaism as they become a family and teach their children will become uniquely their own. It is different than the Judaism they learned growing up but it...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jun 20, 2018 | Chesbon HaNefesh, General
I walked into the labyrinth with intention. I paused at the beginning and then strode purposefully inside, carefully watching, following the path set between the small rocks wandering, meandering weaving back and forth slowly drawing me finally to the center. I...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jun 17, 2018 | Blessings, General
In my work on re-imagining Ethical Wills at Conversations for Life and Legacy®, I often speak about what we might have left unsaid to those who are gone. On this Father’s Day the line from Dan Fogelberg’s The Leader of the Band comes to mind; “And papa I don’t think...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jun 12, 2018 | General, Teaching
In my early training as a lifeguard, I was taught that you can only do so much to save another. You swim out to the distressed and offer a life ring, once they grab on to it, you can swim into shore rescuing him/her. But they had to grab hold of the flotation device...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jun 5, 2018 | Chesbon HaNefesh, Teaching
Parashah Shelach helps me understand a fundamental part of the human condition giving perspective into the fickle nature of the Israelite people’s relationship to their God as the Almighty leads them from bondage to the Promised Land. Put simply, the people lack...
