One aspect of these days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can be defined as a “chance for appeal.”

Saving the world first begins by saving oneself.

If the coronavirus crisis has taught us anything, it is that the assumptions we make, whether consciously or not, shape much of how we experience the world.

The coronavirus may compel people to look at the world and their place in it this year in a very different way.

In rabbinic literature, the biblical ideal of hessed encompasses mitzvot such as visiting the sick, burying the dead, comforting the mourner, and helping a bride and groom rejoice.

Two million Israelis have reported loss of income due to the crisis, and about 510,000 citizens have not yet returned to the labor market since the beginning of the corona crisis.