Positive Education
Remember that your attitude toward education influences the children in your life. (Don’t disparage teachers, the school, the system, etc., even if it’s how you really feel.)
Positive Feedback
Thank your spouse for something he/she did to challenge you to be a better person.
Positive Impact on Others
Recognize that in 1849 eight of the forty seven members of the Colonial Assembly of Jamaica were Jewish which probably was one of the reasons that the Assembly voted to adjourn for Yom…
Positive Change
Given the numerous tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout the centuries on Tisha b'Av, it is proper to contemplate what we each can do in our own lives to improve our…
Positive Impact
Learn more about Emile Berliner, the incredibly multi-talented Jewish innovator who positively impacted society in many different ways.
Here’s To The Positive
In Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Fathers, Rabbi Joshua is quoted saying, “An evil eye (ayin harah), the evil inclination (yetzer harah) and hatred of other people (sinat habree’ot) remove a…
Positive Rememberance
Do something to symbolize your recognition of Yom Hashoah to help publicize the importance of remembering the horrors of the Holocaust.
Yitro 5773-2013
"The Third Commandment: Against Perjury and Profane Swearing" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Yitro, we encounter the first of the two references to the Ten…
Yitro 5762-2002
"Structural Secrets of the Decalogue" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week's parasha, parashat Yitro, in Exodus 20, we encounter the Aseret Ha'dibrot, the Ten Commandments.…