In the early 2000s, the MTA in New York City rolled out a powerful campaign:“If you see something, say something.”It was a call to action.A reminder that noticing something off wasn’t enough. You had to respond. To act. But the Torah takes it even further:If you see something… do something. In this week’s parsha, we…
Let me ask you a question: If your friend was exhausted, overwhelmed, and on the verge of breaking… what would you say? “Take care of yourself. You need rest. You’re doing so much. Be kind to yourself.” But when it’s you feeling that way? You push harder. You criticize yourself. You say, “I can’t stop…
In Parshat Yitro, we encounter one of the most fundamental mitzvot in the Aseret HaDibrot: “Zachor et Yom HaShabbat l’kad’sho” – “Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it.” The Torah commands us to work for six days and then rest on the seventh, “For in six days Hashem made the heavens and the earth, and…
How many times have you overlooked your own brilliance because it’s simply become your “normal”? Most people don’t realize that the very things they do daily, without thought, could be extraordinary in someone else’s eyes. When I used to travel for my work with Ford dealerships, I’d visit Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada.…