“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.” -Sophocles True WISDOM is timeless. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement starts this evening. My Rabbi growing up, Rabbi Benjamin Blech,once said that if the Sages and Rabbi’s hadn’t come up with some of the Jewish customs, a Psychologist would have. Some look at the Jewish people’s […]
5781: Adds up to 21
The Jewish New Year was celebrated this is past weekend. The year, 5781. Quite a different celebration it was. There were limitations placed on family and communal gatherings imposed by the Pandemic. Health and safety concerns were overlaid onto ancient rituals and customs. Jewish mysticism places a great significance on numerology. And so, because 5781 […]
Relationship Development
It started as B2B (business to business). Gerry was the branch manager of the bank in which I opened my first business account. We were both in our 20’s, bright-eyed, optimistic (despite the terrible economy in 1978) and precocious; He a very young branch manager and me, a really young dentist and University professor. […]
A Team of Goalies
My grandson was Bar-Mitzvah this past week. In an ancient, life-cycle ceremony, he became a “man”, now responsible for his actions. Maybe we need a societal Bar-Mitzvah? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. A small group of relatives witnessed the joyous event. One of the gifts he received was a team–signed photograph of the “Miracle On […]