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 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...
by Rabbi David Levin | May 23, 2018 | General, Teaching
In her book I Remember Nothing, the wonderful late Nora Ephron shared the things she will miss as she contemplated toward the end of her life. Nora Ephron invites us to look back and recall the truly special things of our life. Her list also helps us to...
by Rabbi David Levin | Mar 29, 2018 | General, Teaching
As we share Passover at the Seder table this year, notice that it is in the process of change. We are instructed to remember the Exodus experience and to consider as though we experience it ourselves as we participate in the reenactment. But this tradition evolves;...
by Rabbi David Levin | Mar 23, 2018 | Teaching
Conversations for Life and Legacy® focuses on deepening relationships through the transfer of wisdom between generations. That is often a flow from the older to the younger. But often it is the younger generation that has something important to share with the...
