From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer It's truly hard to believe we’ve reached the end of another holiday season and are already several days into 5786. We have prayed and sought transformation throughout Elul; celebrated Rosh Hashanah and asked for forgiveness during the Days of Awe; fasted on Yom Kippur and rejoiced with friends and family in our sukkah; and finally concluded the season dancing with the Torah and starting the reading cycle over again. That’s a lot of festivities—th

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer In his book, “60 Days, A Spiritual Guide to the Holidays,” Rabbi Simon Jacobson says this about Sukkot:  ...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer One of my favorite scriptures of all time is Psalm 143:8, a verse I pray every morning before my feet even...

A rabbi once told his students, “Repent the day before you die.” They responded with confusion, saying, “But Rabbi, we don’t know when we...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer When the Lord first began to reveal to me the wonders of the Hebraic foundations of my faith and my deep...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer It is really hard to believe that summer is almost over and the fall holidays are only weeks away. Erev...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer It’s been a tough few months, but I am getting stronger. Healing takes time, I know, but patience is one...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer All my life, I loved it when my birthday landed on a Saturday. As a kid, it was wonderful. My dad was home...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer I’ve been developing a children’s curriculum designed to introduce kids to the Hebraic foundations of our...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Sometimes, you just need a good laugh, so I turned to a favorite comedian on YouTube for some comic relief....

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Sophie, the Duchess of Wessex, has become an international voice in support of victims of sexual violence...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Sorry, this is going to be a long one, but I’ve just finished reading several “check out the news over...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer   Have you ever given much thought to Yeshua’s rather cryptic statement in Matt 23:23-24 about straining...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer If you have ever had a concussion, you might know what it’s like. Headaches, confusion, photophobia,...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer I was reading Genesis Chapter 12 the other day and was reminded of a teaching I have done in the past. I...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Thinking this morning about the new year. I really sense a difference in the attitude of most people...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer I love words … big ones, little ones, long ones, short ones, verbs and adverbs, nouns and adjectives, I...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Today, I came across a lovely teaching on Hanukkah. From Chasidic rabbis in Jerusalem, it connects the...

I'm thinking about royalty today. And parenthood. I just finished some research on King Josiah and his great-grandfather, King Hezekiah....

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer I love Thanksgiving. It’s got everything: that wonderful anticipation of something special when you wake up...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer I t’s hard to believe that the High Holidays are nearly over for another year. It seems like yesterday that...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer Yom Kippur is the holiest and most awesome of all the days of the Jewish year. It is a period of fasting...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer The month of Elul has passed; Jews and Christians worldwide are welcoming the New Year as we enter the...

From the Desk of Cheryl Hauer In his book, 60 Days: A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays, author Simon Jacobson has this to say as Elul...