Living the Dream

Tag: Parshat Re’eh

  • Banim Atem: Focus on the 95%, Not the 5%

    Banim Atem: Focus on the 95%, Not the 5%

    Jerry Seinfeld has a great bit about how easy it is for kids to make friends.You meet a kid at the park, he likes slides, you like slides—boom, best friends. But as adults, it’s different. You meet someone and start comparing: You can line up a hundred points of similarity, and yet we focus on…

  • Serving Hashem with Your Unique Blessings

    Serving Hashem with Your Unique Blessings

    Serving Hashem According to the Blessing Parshat Re’eh repeats a powerful theme again and again: serve Hashem according to the blessings He has given you — “asher berachecha Hashem.” Rashi explains that our offerings, our giving, our avodat Hashem must be commensurate with the prosperity and abilities Hashem has placed in our lives. This is…