Starting the day with gratefulness opens the heart to the blessing of wonder. BY RABBI SHEFA GOLD - www.rabbishefagold.com gratefully...

I have been reciting this short prayer ever since childhood. All through the years I have had an intuitive respect and affection for this p

Our gratitude deepens when we begin to be thankful for being alive during this time and living the life we are living. Often when we...

In class, I learned to say Modeh Ani to kick-start the day. I learned the words, how to punctuate them, and what they mean.

Being Alive - It feels great to wake up feeling “I’m alive” Life truly is, extremely fragile.

Disruption. Social distancing. Loss, and grief. The morning that we woke up to today is not the same one we did even a month ago. And...

As per today, the COVID-19 pandemic has already affected 213 countries, more than 4.5 million people, and taken more than 303.000 lives....

The first words we are taught to say each morning, immediately upon waking, are Modeh/modah and — “I give thanks.”  Note that the normal...

Did you ever notice that Judaism promotes an attitude of gratitude? In the Torah, God announces that Creation is good, and commands a...

A few years ago, an e-mail was flying around entitled “ I am thankful .” In part, it went like this: I am thankful for the mess to clean...

While Jews were able to enjoy the rare, simultaneous celebration of Thanksgiving and Chanukah this year, Judaism has long been had...

In the early 1990s one of the great medical research exercises of modern times took place. It became known as the Nun Study. Some 700...

For most of my life, I didn’t consider gratitude a particularly Jewish emotion. Quite the contrary. I grew up a secular Jew, my cultural...

You woke up this morning, breathing and with a heartbeat. You get to see your family and friends and enjoy food and life’s luxuries. It...

Peretz – the mother of two Golani Brigade soldiers, Uriel and Eliraz, who were killed in action – has devoted her life to educationial...

Modeh Ani helps me start my day in the light. It ensures that my earliest thoughts each day are positive, writes Erika Dreifus.

A new day, new battles. Actually, one battle that assumes different forms: I Want vs. I Should. The day’s first battlefield is your bed,...

"I give thanks unto You, O living and eternal King, for having restored within me my soul, with mercy; great is Your trust." The first...