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Rabbi Yossy Goldman is Life Rabbi Emeritus of the Sydenham Shul in Johannesburg, president of the South African Rabbinical Association and a popular international speaker. He is the author of From Where I Stand on the weekly Torah readings, available from Ktav.com and Amazon.

Come to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But don’t let Judaism be just that. There are good times, too.
Sukkot doesn’t manufacture happiness out of nothing. It points us toward where it really lives.
The soul is awakened on Yom Kippur, and we encounter who we really and truly are.
They may seem difficult at first, but good habits can become second nature.
A little explanation about what the “King in the Field” really means.
A mitzvah done through gritted teeth is technically a mitzvah, but it’s missing the soul of the thing.
Nature and teenagers abhor a vacuum.
Rashi basically tells us: The messenger matters as much as the message.
Are we good because it pays to be good? Or are we good because we believe, down to our bones, that it’s the right way to live?
Did God choose us, or did we choose God?
Are our children hearing the call? Will they keep the faith?
We continue to pass our heritage and values on to the next generation.