A new year invites us to set goals, change habits and turn over a new leaf, but Rabbi Isaac Arama suggests beginning with a different question: What is truly missing, what should be left behind and what should instead be preserved?

Rosh Hashanah is certainly one of those times when we are overwhelmed by the richness of Jewish symbolism. At the heart of our new year observances lies the piercing cry of the…

A new year invites us to set goals, change habits and turn over a new leaf, but Rabbi Isaac Arama suggests beginning with a different question: What is truly missing, what should…