by Rabbi David Levin | Mar 6, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Peer Conversations, Teaching
Thank you to the good people at KleinLife Center City for sharing a presentation of Conversations For Life and Legacy® this past Friday. After sharing a Kabbalat Shabbat Service and delicious meal, I had the pleasure of presenting this wonderful take on the deep...
by Rabbi David Levin | Feb 27, 2018 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Peer Conversations, Teaching
We celebrate life. When someone has a birthday, we wish them Ad Meah v’Esrim! May you live to 120. We hope that you will also live as long as Moses. It’s a great idea, but how many of us know someone, anyone who has actually made it that far? We wish long life, but...
by Rabbi David Levin | Jan 18, 2018 | General, Teaching
We are far more than animals; our connection to our past and our aspirations and dreams for our future make us in the Divine Image. Thus, as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks insightfully explains Moses’ actions in this week’s Torah portion Bo, we are instructed on the eve of the...
by Rabbi David Levin | Dec 27, 2017 | Blessings, Teaching
And He lived- This Parsha marks the final chapter in Jacob’s life and the Book of Genesis. Jacob takes his final moments to wonder if indeed his life was worth living. Was the struggle with God was successful. Will Jacob’s understanding and embrace of the Divine...
by Rabbi David Levin | Dec 24, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, Teaching
It’s hard to get where you are going if you don’t know where you are And you can’t know where you are if you don’t know where you’ve been. As aphorisms go, mine admittedly needs some work, but I hope you get the gist of it. We are ourselves like links in a...
by Rabbi David Levin | Nov 8, 2017 | Blessings, Chesbon HaNefesh, General, Peer Conversations, Teaching
Pleased and proud to help my friend and colleague Rabbi Richard Address launch Jewish Sacred Aging Radio! For the initiation of this wonderful project, Rabbi Address, Rabbi Simcha Raphael, and I had a lively insightful conversation about questions surrounding the...
