Posts by Yosef Farhi

click miketz 2023 to download THE ART OF BUILDING A TEMPLE IN MY HEART Next week, we are going to fast on Erev Shabbat the unique fast of Assarah Betevet. It is the only time that we fast on Friday, on Erev Shabbat, for something that happened in the past.  This fast commemorates the beginning…

click vayeshev 2023 for download THE ART OF BEING GRATEFUL FOR BEING GRATEFUL When we light the Hanuka candles, we are lighting the candles of our souls. King David said, כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה תָּאִ֣יר נֵרִ֑י יְקֹוָ֥ק אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי: for You light up my candle, YKVK my G-d will light up my darkness. (Tehillim 18;29) A soul…

click Vayishlach 2023 for download   THE ART OF LIVING WITH AUTHENTICITY The word of the year 2023 for the Miriam Webster dictionary is “authentic”. People are searching for the truth on the internet, in the news, trying to see behind all the fake news. People are done with Artificial Intelligence, artificially made pictures in…

click Vayetze 2023 expanded to download THE ART OF BEING DEPENDENT ON G-D Is it safe to leave my house with all the antisemitism in the atmosphere? Can I use public transportation? Can I wear a Kippah? Should my children walk in the streets? Is my mezuzah a red flag? G-d answered these questions, אַל־תִּֽירְאִי֙…

Click toldot 2023 to download THE ART OF MENTAL HEALTH DURING WARTIME University of Utah put out an article on their website, quoting something from Steve Sugden, MD, a colonel in the US Army Reserves and a psychiatrist at Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI).   Sugden knows first-hand what it is like to be on the…