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August Begins With An Aleph August 9, 2023
Cutting the Line to Sell Your Chametz March 22, 2023
A Happier Purim March 6, 2023
Doing a Better Hallel On Chanukah December 20, 2022
A Malach on Main Street December 8, 2022
Why It’s Hard to be Truly Thankful November 24, 2022
Forgiving “The Shul” on Yom Kippur September 29, 2022
Serving the Kings September 22, 2022
Loving That Guy in Shul August 17, 2022
Four Dimensional Flourishing in Shuls on Shabbos July 20, 2022
Shuls Out for Summer July 6, 2022
In Praise of Shul Families June 8, 2022
Speeches Are The Best Part of the Shul Dinner May 26, 2022
The Ups & Downs when “Everybody Knows Your Name” April 7, 2022
The Redemption of Our Shuls – a Look Back to the Deep into Covid Days March 31, 2022
Reaching a Deeper Happiness on Purim March 15, 2022
Accepting the Unacceptable January 12, 2022
Bein Adam LeChavero Opportunities in Shul – Part 3 December 30, 2021
Bein Adam LeChavero Opportunities in Shul – Part 2 December 23, 2021
Bein Adam LeChavero Opportunities in Shul December 16, 2021
Taking Five for Hashem on Chanukah December 2, 2021
The National Holiday Minyan Schedule November 24, 2021
Hashem Loves Us – Our Shul Loves Us November 18, 2021
How Awesome is This Shul November 11, 2021
Choosing Shalom Over Emes November 4, 2021
Davening and the Metaverse October 28, 2021
Slower Davening and Tircha De-Tzibura October 14, 2021
Balancing Din and Chesed on Yom Kippur September 14, 2021
Shul Teshuva September 1, 2021
Rosh Hoshanah Baalei Tefillah – Inspiration & Perspiration August 26, 2021
The Stress of Yomim Noraim Seating August 19, 2021
Thank Yous and Mazal Tovs August 5, 2021
Our Orthodox Life – Not to be Confused with a Netflix Series with a Similiar Name July 21, 2021
The Torah of Tisha B’Av July 14, 2021
Judging Fast Daveners Favorably July 7, 2021
The Three Weeks – All You Need is Love July 1, 2021
Appreciating the Difficulties of Showing Appreciation June 23, 2021
Messages From A Tzedakah Collector June 10, 2021
The Shul Dinner – Beyond Fundraising June 3, 2021
Pardon Me, But You’re In My Seat May 26, 2021
The Complexities of Complaints May 20, 2021
Your Shul is an Awesome Place May 12, 2021
Decision Making and Shul Structures May 5, 2021
Shul Choice April 29, 2021
Sefirah Counter – A Triumph of Low Tech April 21, 2021
A Whole Lotta Hallel March 25, 2021
The Politics of Passover March 10, 2021
Missing an Opportunity March 4, 2021
Covid Created Purim Opportunities February 24, 2021
The Joy of Loving Your Shul February 11, 2021
The Connection Power of the Kiddush February 3, 2021
The Cure for Covid Condensed Congregations January 20, 2021
Passive and Active Spiritual Coaching January 13, 2021
Covid and The Problem of No-Frills Davening January 5, 2021
Shuls at their Best – A Shlishi to Remember December 31, 2020
The Cell Phone of Zos Chanukah December 17, 2020
Praise and Thanks For Our Shuls on Chanukah December 9, 2020
In Defense of the Latecomers November 19, 2020
Searching All Over for Inspirational Prayer November 12, 2020
Monday Morning Gabbai October 28, 2020
Confessions of a Shul Covid Politician October 20, 2020
Great Rabbis Understand the Purpose of Shuls September 30, 2020
Yom Kippur – Forgiving Others When We’re Slighted September 24, 2020
Tapping into the Awe September 9, 2020
A New Normal That Truly Rocks June 18, 2020
The “Start the Connection” Movement June 10, 2020
A Taste of Belonging June 1, 2020
A New Opportunity May 21, 2020
The Avodah of Just Going to Shul May 13, 2020
Covid and Connection May 7, 2020
The Shul Zoom Boom April 30, 2020
Love Amidst the Quarantine April 22, 2020
Addressing Our Davening Problem April 12, 2020
What Shul Will We Come Back To? April 2, 2020
Taking a Step Forward after Three Hard Steps Back March 26, 2020
I Miss My Shuls March 18, 2020
Making Your Shaloch Manos Count March 4, 2020
Who Can Make the Sun Shine? – The Candy Man Can! February 19, 2020
The Problem of Shul Beis Medrification February 13, 2020
Connecting at the Superbowl Party February 5, 2020
The Three Aspects of Shabbos Shul Security January 30, 2020
Violating the “Aisle Rule” in the Holy Land January 28, 2020
The Role of the Rabbi in Increasing Shul Membership January 15, 2020
Why Your Shul Should “Do the Daf” January 8, 2020
Chanukah Politics December 18, 2019
Connecting to Your Baal Tefillah December 11, 2019
The Mixed Shul Kiddush – Navigating Changing Circumstances December 5, 2019
Chessed, Gratitude and Love November 26, 2019
To Be or Not To Be Annoyed November 21, 2019
Keeping Quiet – How to Talk to Talkers in Shul November 11, 2019
The Joy and Splendor of our Shuls During Hallel on Succos October 10, 2019
Shul Slights and The Bigger Picture September 18, 2019
Getting Lost in My Seat September 12, 2019
The Struggle to Minimize Machlokes September 4, 2019
All You Need is Love August 21, 2019
The Weekly Newsletter and Shul Announcements August 14, 2019
Mourning the Destruction and Cell Phone Glancing August 1, 2019
The Sensitive Issue of the Private Kiddush July 18, 2019
The Importance of Baseball June 26, 2019
The Puck Stops Here June 12, 2019
Shuls, Shavuos and Spiritual Reality June 6, 2019
A Closer Look at the Hashkama Minyan May 15, 2019
Davening Down Time and AFAHP April 3, 2019
Taming The Wild Shul Kiddush Scene March 28, 2019
Shul Unity Opportunities on Purim March 14, 2019
The Transformation of Shaloch Manos March 7, 2019
A Shul Dinner Primer February 27, 2019
Shul Communications – Avoid Becoming a Shul Spammer February 20, 2019
Mishkan, Mikdash, Shul February 13, 2019
How Shul Members Are More Inspiring Than the Rabbi February 7, 2019
Appreciation of Our Wonderful Shul Choices January 30, 2019
Judaism’s Little Secret – It’s Hard to Pray January 24, 2019
Appreciating the Quirks of Shul Members January 17, 2019
Shul Security Tips January 10, 2019
The Darkness Reveals the Light January 3, 2019
Shuls Exist for Their Members December 18, 2018
The Miracle of Shalosh Seudos November 29, 2018
Good Politics and Bad Politics November 14, 2018
Touched by an Act of Love November 7, 2018
A Call for More Rabbinic Collaboration November 1, 2018
Is Shushing Worse Than Talking in Shul? October 25, 2018
The Real Problem of No-Frills Davening October 18, 2018
The Phones of Yom Kippur October 10, 2018
Member Participation – Coerce, Encourage or Accept October 4, 2018
The Yom Kippur Break September 12, 2018
The Four Most Important Words in Shul September 6, 2018
The Importance of Developing Emotional Connections August 15, 2018
The Primary Shul Policy – Minimizing Machlokes July 11, 2018
Why You Need Shul Bylaws June 20, 2018
A Framework for Alleviating Shul Anger June 6, 2018
Setting Up Your Shul for Shavuos May 16, 2018
Rebuking the Rebuker May 2, 2018
Anger at Cell Phones in Shul April 26, 2018
Naitz Waits for No Man April 11, 2018
The Rise of The Growth Culture Shul March 14, 2018
Ten Ideas For Purim February 27, 2018
Preserving Shul Sanity on Purim February 21, 2018
The Embattled Mi-Shebeirach February 14, 2018
Rabbinic Compensation Stats February 7, 2018
Sharing the Joy: Your Shul and Your Wedding February 1, 2018
The Ramban on the Purpose of Shuls January 17, 2018
Transforming Seating Problems into Chesed Opportunities January 11, 2018
Sweating for Shalom December 6, 2017
Slow Down, You Pray Too Fast, Got to Make the Service Last Now… November 22, 2017
The Shul Newsletter and Membership Privileges November 16, 2017
A Tale of Ten Tablecloths November 8, 2017
Understanding Your Shul President November 2, 2017
What’s a Rabbi Worth? October 19, 2017
From Me to Hashem via You August 31, 2017
Hishtadlus and Hashgacha August 3, 2017
A Great Shabbos in Lawrence July 19, 2017
Starting a Chabura July 5, 2017
Everyday Connection Building June 22, 2017
Shul Things That Don’t Scale June 15, 2017
Is NuNu a Four Letter Word? May 11, 2017
The Kitchen Cabinet May 4, 2017
The Wisdom of Guest Seating April 27, 2017
Pesach, People and Prayers April 5, 2017
The Treasurer vs The People – My Bill is Wrong! March 23, 2017
Connection In and Out of Town February 1, 2017
It’s All About The People January 26, 2017
The Purpose of Life and Shuls December 29, 2016
The Biggest Problem in Judaism December 7, 2016
Beyond a Better Lifestyle November 22, 2016
Making Shabbos Morning Great Again November 17, 2016
Reversing the Slow Death of the Aging Shul November 3, 2016
Hashem As King and I September 28, 2016
Changing Our Perspective September 8, 2016
Models of Chesed August 18, 2016
Back of the Napkin Cost To Run a Shul July 28, 2016
The Weekday Shacharis Minyan – It’s Just a Minyan After All July 21, 2016
Dealing With Inherent Conflicts July 7, 2016
No Frills Davening May 25, 2016
The Politics of Pesach April 14, 2016
Between Apathy and Diligence February 26, 2016
My Most Favorite Shul in the World February 18, 2016
Shabbos Davening at the Holiest Place on Earth February 8, 2016
The Meaningful Act of Just Showing Up December 30, 2015
Beyond Shushing December 24, 2015
The Care and Feeding of Small Tent Shuls December 17, 2015
The Rabbi As Professional Super-Jew November 26, 2015
Messages From My Grandson’s Bris November 19, 2015
Tzedakah Collectors and the Unintended Tyranny of Policy November 12, 2015
Davening Above the Din on Yomim Noraim September 17, 2015
Pillars, People and Prayer August 27, 2015
The SP Guide to a 45 Minute Shacharis August 19, 2015
Summertime Davening Blues July 29, 2015
Increasing Our Love of Our Fellow Jews During the Nine Days July 22, 2015
Ruach in the Mountains at Camp Dina July 15, 2015
The Simplicity of Monsey Minyanim July 8, 2015
Preventing a Shabbos of Brocha from Space and Time Overflow June 24, 2015
Young Israel of Woodmere – Growth Culture Shuls Comes in All Sizes June 17, 2015
The Great Shul Unbundling June 3, 2015
Making Things Right May 27, 2015
The Death and Life of the Shabbos Drasha May 18, 2015
Finding Shul Officers: Beg, Buy or Recycle May 13, 2015
Appreciating Fast Minyanim May 5, 2015
Software is Eating Davening April 15, 2015
A Tale of Two Minutes March 25, 2015
Defining Davening Up March 18, 2015
I Found The Perfect Minyan March 11, 2015
Positively Powerful Prayer February 19, 2015
Building a Strong Sisterhood January 28, 2015
Ten Great Things About Praying At the Kotel January 8, 2015
Beyond Prayer – A Fountain of Chesed January 5, 2015
Time, Space and Soul at the Kotel December 31, 2014
Paying it Forward With Aunt Sadie’s Couch December 24, 2014
Timing Tefillah December 11, 2014
Addressing the Needs of the Young Marrieds December 3, 2014
The Customer Segments of Your Shul November 12, 2014
In and Out of Sync November 5, 2014
Three Business Types and How They Get Shul Things Done October 28, 2014
Improving Our Shul Maps By Choosing Connection Over Estrangement October 21, 2014
The Hoshanos Conundrum October 6, 2014
Five Things To Be Forgiving of in Shul this Rosh Hashanah September 23, 2014
Connection Before Correction September 10, 2014
The Chesed Behind Answering Amen September 3, 2014
I Love My Seat August 27, 2014
Appreciating the Colors of Your Tzibbur August 19, 2014
Addressing The Shiur Gender Gap August 6, 2014
Are Shuls Democratic? July 15, 2014
The Pressures and Joys of the Rabbinic First Family July 1, 2014
There Will Be Conflicts in Shul – Our Job is to Resolve Them June 17, 2014
Unsafe at any Speed – Davening from the Amud June 10, 2014
Life in the Fast Lein – Is there a Speed Limit? May 20, 2014
The Many Fine Minyanim at Torah Mesorah May 13, 2014
Rabbis and Doctors in Life and Death April 29, 2014
The Guest Chazzan From The Rear April 22, 2014
Helping a Mourner Who Is Sitting Shiva – From One Who’s Just Been There April 9, 2014
Kashrus, Cost and Convenience in Your Shul’s Kitchen March 18, 2014
The Scholar in Residence March 5, 2014
Is a Blogging Rabbi Good For Your Shul? February 11, 2014
Personalized Psak and Guidance – The Rabbi Relationship Requirement February 5, 2014
Clarity at the Kotel – Getting Shuls Right January 29, 2014
Dilemmas of Air Travel Davening January 22, 2014
Youth Groups, Kids and Responsible Parents January 7, 2014
A Shul Grows in East Boca January 1, 2014
Get Yourself a Gan December 10, 2013
Google Shareable Spreadsheet Drives Chesed Uptick November 12, 2013
Strategies for Shul Financial Success – Part 2 – Some Basic Principles November 5, 2013
When a “Talking During Leining” Breach is Better Left Untouched October 29, 2013
Shalosh Seudos is the New Shul Social October 22, 2013
Dear Jack, I Was the One Who Said “You’re in My Seat” October 15, 2013
Strategies for Shul Financial Success – Part 1 – Changing Needs Over Time October 8, 2013
In Praise of the “Stinkin Kids” October 2, 2013
Chol HaMoed Activity Ideas for Your Shul September 16, 2013
Passaic and the Rabbi-Centric Nature of Growth Oriented Shuls August 21, 2013
The Hop of Faith in Your Building Project August 14, 2013
Building a Shul and Building a Community August 1, 2013
Addressing the Distractions of Our Phones in Our Shuls and Prayers July 24, 2013
Are Minimally Involved Shul Members “Parasites”? June 26, 2013
Why People Prefer Tables Over Benches in Shuls May 29, 2013
Appreciating a Growth Oriented Environment May 22, 2013
10 Reasons Your Shul Should Participate in a Baseball League May 1, 2013
Running a Successful Shul Dinner April 24, 2013
Emotional Bank Accounts and Letting it Slide April 17, 2013
Making Rules To Prevent Digital Shuls April 10, 2013
Yom Tovim in Shul – Of Guests and Gabbaim April 3, 2013
Collecting Outstanding Balances From Members February 28, 2013
Thermometers and The Problem of Objective Standards February 13, 2013
The Oneg February 7, 2013
Setting a Shul Poster Policy January 23, 2013
The Unfulfilled Potential of the Vice President December 19, 2012
A Song For Some Unsung Heroes December 12, 2012
The Power of the Gabbai December 6, 2012
Growth Through Continuous Improvement November 28, 2012
The Agudah of Bayswater Devastated By Hurricane Sandy October 31, 2012
The Kid’s Shul – When I Grow Up I Want To Be… October 24, 2012
Simchas Torah – Enhancing the Simcha Appropriately October 10, 2012
From a Minyan to a Tzibbur – The Need for Complaints September 27, 2012
Seven Things To Be Forgiving of in Shul this Rosh Hashana September 12, 2012
The Shul on Shabbos – Weekday Beis Medrash Solution September 5, 2012
Shabbos in Monsey and the Beis Medrification of Our Shuls August 23, 2012
Some Great Shul Experiences in Woodmere August 16, 2012
Checklist for Planning a Shul Shabbos Lunch August 9, 2012
Efforts Are Necessary – But There Are No Guarantees August 2, 2012
Setting Reasonable Expectactions in Communal Projects July 26, 2012
Correcting Misconceptions About Shul Centrality July 19, 2012
Spiritually Oriented Shuls Need Rules July 11, 2012
Building A Shul With A Whole Lotta Love June 20, 2012
You’re a Valuable Shul Member if…. June 13, 2012
Imagine a Shul… June 6, 2012
The Centrality of Connection May 30, 2012
The Politics of the Open Shul Window May 16, 2012
Growing Your Shul With Torah Learning – Part 2 May 9, 2012
Growing Your Shul With Torah Learning – Part 1 May 2, 2012
Sharing Important Info – RCA Halachic Health Care Proxy March 27, 2012
Shul Fees – Avoiding Taxation Without Representation March 21, 2012
Shortening Shabbos Davening March 14, 2012
The Kindness of Seat Eviction January 11, 2012
Why Is There So Much Shul Politics? November 1, 2011
Welcome to Shul Politics September 21, 2011