BINA Living
Ancient Jewish wisdom applied in a modern world through Personal growth.
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Can a Pregnant Woman Enter a Cemetery?
Question:I am currently 7 months pregnant, and a good friend’s tombstone consecration is coming up next week. I am not sure whether or not to go…
Your smelly soul
Rabbi Yaacov ChaitonQuestion: What is the significance of the sniffing at the spices (“besamim”) during the Havdalah ceremony at the conclusion of Shabbat?
A VERB - NOT JUST A NOUN
Rabbi Michoel GourarieLast week we suggested that gratitude is not a response to something positive, but rather a constant mindset and feeling of gratefulness for all the gifts…
Of Rodents and Relationships
Question: I have a problem with organised religion. Light candles, go to shul, eat this, don’t eat that etc etc. What sort of G-d demands these things from us?
A MINDSET - NOT JUST A RESPONSE
Gratitude is one of the most powerful and important values. Jewish literature is full of sources highlighting the importance of showing appreciation. Modern Psychology…
The real iron-men
Joyful crowds filled more than one sports stadium this week. On the one side of the Atlantic, they gathered to celebrate the accomplishments…
Can an Agnostic Meet G-d?
I am just back from my big trip to Israel. I thought I’d never get there. I think it’s the first Jewish thing I’ve done since my bar mitzvah (which wasn’t so Jewish either)…
THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUL
This Sunday is Tisha B’av – 9th of Av, the day we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples. As we discussed last week the Temples were not just physical…
Get Rid of Bad Attitude in One Scoop
Question: Due to my business, I travel a lot and meet many people from different religions. I have met Buddhists, Muslims and Christians of all denominations…
A FRESH START
In the Jewish calendar we are in the midst of the “Three Weeks”, the time when we mourn the destruction of the first and second Temples.
Why No Flowers on a Grave?
Question:I am going to visit my grandmother’s grave, and was planning to buy a bunch of her favourite flowers. But I have noticed that Jewish graves…
JUST ONE FRIEND
One of the important relationships that form human existence is friends. In Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), our sages teach: “Make for yourself a mentor…