Posted by Yom Tov Glaser
9 articles
The Month After the Holidays
You stood in shul three weeks ago and meant it. Look at what is left of it now. Early October is when you find out. The shofar is a memory, the sukkah is down or…
The Blessing You Say Without Feeling and the One Nobody Scheduled
You have said a few thousand blessings this year. Ask yourself how many of them you were in the room for. Most of them left no mark. You said the words over bread, over coffee,…
You Built Your Life Around Being the Provider
You built your life around being the provider. The man who handles it. The one people count on when things get serious. For twenty years, maybe thirty, that identity worked. It gave you structure, respect,…
The Boy You Keep Is Not the Man You Need
You call your twenty-three-year-old son a boy. You hear yourself do it. "The boy is learning beautifully." "We're looking for a good boy for our daughter." "He's such a good boy." The words come so…
The Hook in Your Mouth
You know what your problem is. You have been running the same patterns for years, managing the same frustrations, escaping through the same release valves. You tell yourself you will change after this project, after…
Your Personal Mission Is Not What You Think It Is
You have been running from the wrong question your entire life. The question is not whether you are Jewish. You already know that answer. You can recite your credentials, your observance, your lineage. That question…
The Scrooge Delusion
You know the story. Scrooge wakes up transformed, throws open the windows, buys the biggest goose in London, and becomes the most generous man in the city. One night changes everything. The spirits show him…
The Misery Comfort Zone
You built what you said you wanted. The business runs. The mortgage gets paid. Your kids know your name. People nod when you walk into a room. So why does Tuesday feel like drowning? You…
The Work You Won't Do in Public
How the performance of spiritual growth keeps you from the real thing