Rabbi Eli Yoggev, Author at JMORE

Counting Your Blessings

by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Nov 25, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

I’d like to share a game with you that could change your life. I’ve never publicly written about this, but have been playing it for months now and can honestly say that when done properly, it can be transformative. I call it the “Thank...

God as Our Partner

by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Sep 18, 2020 | High Holidays, Religion

Our Father, Our King, Avinu Malkeinu. When I was a student at Bar Ilan University in Israel, I attended a lecture titled, “Is portraying God as King helpful today?” The professor answered in the negative, asking how many kings actually still rule today. He then went...

Transforming Sins into Merits — What a Radical Concept!

by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Sep 15, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Shimon ben Lakish, better known as “Reish Lakish,” is one of the more fascinating personalities in the Talmud. He began his career as a gang leader, robbing and pillaging at will. At one point, he even worked as a gladiator. Later on in life, he became a great rabbi...

Why I Mourn for the Holy Temple on Tisha B’Av

by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Jul 29, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Throughout the year, many of us do not usually think too much about the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, but the Talmudic Sages wanted us to. They suggested we always leave a part of our home renovation unfinished to remind us of the destruction and to...

Being Jewish in Space is an Out of this World Experience

by Rabbi Eli Yoggev | Jul 28, 2020 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

On Thursday night, July 23, Rabbi Dr. Eli Yoggev of Pikesville’s Beth Tfiloh Congregation participated in a Zoom program presented by the Jewish Museum of Maryland titled, “How to Be Jewish in Space!” The program was a preview to the JMM’s “Jews in Space: Members of...