Earning A Livelihood
The proper perspective on earning a livelihood.
The Center For Jewish Thought
The proper perspective on earning a livelihood.
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui In the Jewish tradition, every Holiday has its own theme from which we draw that specific energy in our service to G-d for the entire year. For example Purim the...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Czar once came to visit a group of soldiers, when suddenly one of them pointed his gun at the Czar. Instantly, a quick thinking and fast acting soldier, leaped...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui When the Israelites left Egypt, in Hebrew, the Book, uses the plural tense to describe their departure from Egypt. “These are the trips, (in the plural tense) the children of...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui We read in the Hagadah – story of Passover that over Passover there is a commandment to recount, and communicate, the story of Exodus from Egypt. “And, all those who increase in...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui There is a story about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air – until he notices...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui What you do, speak, think, makes a genuine difference, and in that order. The bible says we were are created in the form and image of G-d. Now certainly, G-d...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The bible commands us, “Do not curse a deaf person.” If the problem with cursing someone, was strictly, the fact that his feelings are hurt, why would cursing a deaf...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui On the 18th of Iyar we are cautioned to make good use of the holy day of “Lag B’omer.” In a letter to his followers, Rabbi Shnuer Zalman of Liadi...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui One of the commandments in the Bible, is to observe the Sabbatical year as, a “Sabbath unto G-d”. In Israel, every seventh year (the next one is in three years), we...