Insights

The hurried pace of our lives and the all-consuming demands of our daily activities often leave us unable to pursue answers to the profound questions that define our existence and purpose on Earth.

This book offers an exploration into some of these fundamental questions: How can we live lives that are spiritually ennobling and personally fulfilling? How can we be blessed with achievements that leave the world enriched by our presence?

Rabbi Blech’s observations are informed by decades of study and personal wisdom, yet distilled to a few pages each. As Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed, “a moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.”
Sample Excerpts:

Free Will

“Free choice is why God in the Bible says to every one of us, “Behold, I give before you life or death, good and evil. Choose life.”

You have the ability to choose – and that’s what makes you greater than Angels.”

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Money

“To say money is the root of all evil is in Jewish thought incorrect. Money is the root of evil as well as of blessing. Money is the ultimate duality. Money can be a good. Since it has such a dual power, money is probably one of the greatest tests of people’s true character.”

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Relationship with God

“Having a relationship with God is like having a relationship with a friend. The first thing is you have to be there, you have to talk to Him. Prayer is important not because you are asking God for things and you are going to get them in return. That is ridiculous.

Prayer is a way of acknowledging that you stand in His presence in this world. Prayer is a way of recognizing that when you use the word “God”, you do not mean God as a force, as a concept, as an abstraction, but you mean God as a personal reality in your life.”