Levi Brackman's

1. A Sukkot Meditation

As a teacher, rabbi and writer I am fortunate to be able to interact positively with many people. Often people come to speak with me or join a class that I give with a passionate craving for spiritual knowledge and inspiration. Unbeknown to them...

Sunday, 19 March 2006 | 1121 hits | Read more

2. A User's Guide to Revolutions

In order to effect permanent personal transformation for the better, a change of circumstances does not suffice   What will be the end in Iraq? March 2003 saw the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical regime. Indeed, over the past few...

Friday, 06 April 2007 | 1535 hits | Read more

3. Chanukah and Split Personalities

The message of Chanukah tells us that we should not compromise our inner persona, our core values and beliefs, for outer, material gains and to never offer up home and family life on the alter career and outer success   We are multifaceted...

Thursday, 21 December 2006 | 1529 hits | Read more

4. Defining Freedom

Passover is the time of year to throw off our individual enslavements and emancipate ourselves to achieve the desires of our authentic self—our soul In the West and especially in the USA people pride themselves on  being free. Indeed it...

Friday, 30 March 2007 | 1566 hits | Read more

5. Freedom: The Real Thing

On Pesach we celebrate the emancipation of the Children of Israel from slavery in Egypt. Less then two months after the Children of Israel left Egypt they stood at the foot of mount Sinai to receive the Torah from G-d. The Torah is a book of Laws...

Sunday, 19 March 2006 | 915 hits | Read more

6. How To Be A Good Parent

A couple of years ago I was invited on to the Esther Rantzen show to talk about whether children need fathers. Obviously I was arguing for the motion, but one of the women arguing against it had a son conceived by artificial insemination who till...

Tuesday, 25 September 2007 | 1941 hits | Read more

7. Incredible contribution to Seattle menorah fiasco

Dr. Laura Schlessinger Making a point not to celebrate Christmas is a powerful way of emphasizing our Jewish identity and saving our children from identity issues in the future Since my weekly column appears on Friday, I was not planning on...

Thursday, 21 December 2006 | 1844 hits | Read more

8. Life Is One Big Game

According to the following Midrash, victory is the theme of Sukkot: The divine judgment on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is comparable to a civil dispute being judged in a court of law. And the first day of Sukkot is akin to the end of the court case...

Sunday, 19 March 2006 | 934 hits | Read more

9. Life Transforming Contemplative Seder

The Passover Seder is a time when families get together. However, often because of the long readings from the Haggadah the Seder can become difficult – people become edgy, arguments can break out and the whole experience can become rather...

Thursday, 30 March 2006 | 1390 hits | Read more

10. Make A Real Relationship

Life is all about relationships. We have work-related relationships, we have acquaintances, we have friendships, familial and intimate relationships. Maimonides, one of Judaism’s greatest scholars, wrote that man is a social animal. We have no...

Friday, 21 August 2009 | 784 hits | Read more