Journal

Rosh Chodesh Av opens the most solemn stretch of the Jewish year — yet its very name, Menachem Av, means ‘the comforter.’ A reflection on mourning, endurance, and the turn from grief to comfort.

There is a Hebrew word that does not translate easily. Neshama. You could say it means "soul." But that barely scratches the surface. In Jewish thought, the Neshama is not simply the part of you ...