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Feivel Strauss

Feivel Strauss

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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Why I Spill Wine on Purpose

Why I Spill Wine on Purpose

In our family, when someone spills wine at the Shabbat table, I spill some too. I started doing it years ago, almost without thinking. A guest knocks...

07.06.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

Reality Gets the Final Vote

What a Talmudic story teaches us about labels, identity, and the danger of categories that become too small. Years ago, while living in Israel, a...

31.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

One Idol Is Enough

The real danger was never many gods, but making one thing absolute Monotheism is often reduced to a math problem. One God versus many gods. Judaism,...

26.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

The Blessing of Being Seen

The Blessing of Being Seen We live in a time of relentless exposure and deepening invisibility. Never have human beings been more publicly visible to...

24.05.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

Pundits, Prophets, and the Search for Clarity

There is a strange kind of exhaustion that comes from living in an age where everyone is certain about everything. Every day brings another...

22.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

The Bit Everyone Gets Wrong About Sinai

Moses got all the credit. The real story was happening below. There are two common phrases for what happened at Sinai, and the difference between them...

18.05.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

The Jewish Art of Remembering Forward

From “Next Year in Jerusalem” to “Jerusalem of Gold,” Jewish memory has often functioned less as nostalgia than as preparation for the future....

12.05.2026 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss

Spiritual Fitness: Raising Jews Who Don’t Need Permission

A confident Jewish future begins when students become teachers. I once heard the Bostoner Rebbe speak to a group of college students. One student,...

08.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Feivel strauss