Levi Brackman (born ) is a Judaic scholar, rabbi, teacher, writer and religious leader who has been active in both England and the United States and whose writings are featured regularly in Jewish publications internationally and on the Internet.
Upbringing and Education
A native of London, Brackman studied at Yeshivot in Israel, America and Canada and has taught classes in Halacha, Talmud, prayer and Jewish mysticism at Yeshivat Hadar Hatorah in New York and at the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. He received rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi of the Tzemach Tzedek rabbinical college in the Old City of Jerusalem and has a graduate degree from University College London.
Levi Brackman comes from a family of seven boys and two girls, including brothers Rabbi Yossi Brackman the director of the Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Chicago and Rabbi Eli Brackman director of Chabad Society and The David Slager Jewish Student Centre both at Oxford University, UK.
Career
In January , Brackman was appointed to the position of senior rabbi at the Enfield & Winchmore Hill Synagogue where he become known for his inspiring sermons, thought-provoking articles, lively and insightful lectures, and effective life and marriage counseling. He no longer holds that position.
Brackman is founding member and executive director of The Movement for a Tolerant World, an organization that offers young people in Asia, the Middle East and other parts of the globe, a positive and tolerant ideology that provides them with the opportunity to make real and positive changes in their community and the world.
In August , Brackman started a Jewish outreach and cultural organization entitled Judaism in the Foothills, which serves the Foothill communities in the western part of the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. Brackman is the executive director of Judaism in the Foothills.
Publications and Works
Brackman's weekly column, which is distributed over the Internet to thousands globally, is also published on Israeli daily Yedioth Achronoth's English-language website "eunic-brussels.eu". His writings, which cover pertinent social and political issues of the day, have been published on many other popular websites such as "eunic-brussels.eu", "eunic-brussels.eu", "eunic-brussels.eu", "eunic-brussels.eu", "eunic-brussels.eu" and "eunic-brussels.eu", among others. They can also be found on his website.
Brackman’s writings have been published in, among others, The Denver Post, The Intermountain Jewish News (Colorado), Torah Studies (New York), Etehaad (California), and The Canyon Courier. They have also appeared in the Australian Jewish News and in the UK, in The Jewish Chronicle and Hamodia. He has also appeared on TV and his work has been featured in newspapers both in the USA and in the UK. In addition Brackman is often quoted as an expert in major Jewish publications such as The Jewish Post, The Jewish Chronicle, The Jewish Journalamongst others.
Books
Brackman is co-author of Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lesson from the Torah and Other Ancient Texts (AMACOM/American Management Association, ). The book uses some of the world's greatest writings-the Torah and other Jewish sacred texts-to achieve incredible business results
Hello everyone, if you’ve visited my blog in the past, you probably know that I like to write about topics such as spirituality, mental struggles, and growth. And if you haven’t I greet you wholeheartedly.
In the few posts that I’ve written, I talked a lot about my spiritual growth and how this came about, so if you’re interested in reading those stories or want to enjoy a little refresher feel free to check them out here. Usually, these posts were very long, and I would work on them for about a week or two. I intend to change this from now on and instead want to focus on writing more posts regularly.
There are a couple of reasons for that and all of them have to do with being paralyzed by insecurity. Insecurity has been a general theme in my life which I recently decided to take head-on. It was also the primary reason I stopped writing at the time. I was feeling overwhelmed and was very insecure about myself. This is furthermore why my posts were so long because I was being too perfectionistic about it.
“Insecurity kills all that is beautiful.”
~Demi Lovato
At the time that I was posting on my blog, I was sober and talked about my previous relationship with weed. Regrettably, after that summer I completely relapsed into my old habits. Three months after I smoked my first joint that year I was back to smoking daily. Alongside it enforced even deeper feelings of regret, shame, and insecurity. But why was I feeling so insecure in the first place?
Looking back at it now, I remember being extremely ambitious at the time. My girlfriend (now fiancee) and I just got together, and I was ready to start my dream life. At least I thought I was.
I never really addressed the problem of insecurity. I was just trying to fake it ‘til I made it, which can be an effective strategy from time to time. But it can get difficult if insecurity is so deeply rooted in your survival strategy.
You might be wondering what I was so insecure about. At the time it was many things. First of all, I had no idea where my career was going. I never completed a study and was worried that if my newly found girlfriend were to see my inability to become successful the relationship wouldn’t last. As a result, I tried extra hard to become a person of significance. And over the past 2 years, I’ve started and quit multiple entrepreneurial endeavors.
So as you can see the problem I was trying to avoid led me to my failures. Fortunately for me though, my girlfriend was very understanding of the situation. She loves me no matter what person I become.
“Only the insecure strive for security.”
~Wayne Dyer
Not long ago, I quit weed again and this time I made it a very conscious undertaking. I made sure to have people to talk to and aid me through the entire process. I wrote daily in my diary to make sure I never forget why I quit and which things triggered me to smoke weed. I’ll write about this more in-depth in the upcoming posts.
As I’ve been focussing on my insecurity issues it occurred to me that I’ve had troubles dealing with this my entire life. This is also presumably the main reason I never finished a study, and in more recent times didn’t manage to succeed as an entrepreneur. Every time the going got tough I felt overwhelmed and instead of breaking through this resistance I just grabbed the first thing that distracted me from this uneasy feeling. Most of the time, this was weed, but another one of my favorite distraction tools was gaming.
Over the years it has come to grow on me that this is indeed the case. I am distracting myself whenever I feel overwhelmed and need to stop doing it and start working on the things that I see myself doing in the future. The problem has been that all of this primarily happens unconsciously. And so without even thinking about it, I would already be smoking a joint or have started up a video game.
One of my favorite things to tell myself was that I just genuinely liked doing these things. The underlying frustration that came from that I simply redirected onto other things or people.
For example:
‘Why are my teammates so bad at this game?’
‘Why aren’t people just nice to each other?’
There was always a way to redirect my frustrations in some way, while in reality I was frustrated with myself for not pushing through the resistance I felt. It’s been this way for a very long time. When I was a teenager I would do the same thing.
“Sometimes our thoughts are backed by so much insecurity that they create lies we believe.”
There are probably hundreds of approaches to fixing this problem. Chances are likely that I’ve read or have known about all of them for a while now. Which in a way further developed the issues I was dealing with. I call this Paralysis By Overanalysis. Simply put, I’d rather engage in learning about how to deal with the problem than deal with the actual problem.
This, in turn, would result in feeling even more insecure, because every time I learned a new solution another thing was added to the List Of Things I Need To Do, But Can’t For Some Reason.
This is also why being addicted to something is so incredibly dangerous because whatever reasoning I had to engage in the addiction stemmed from some kind of negative emotion. The interaction is always cyclical. In the very same way, the solutions I might find can be cyclical.
Anyone outside of the same addiction pattern would simply tell me to quit. And this is the only real solution to any addiction. The result of quitting brought up that negative emotion I had been avoiding for years now, insecurity.
Aside from writing about it and putting my insecurities on paper for everyone to read, I meditate on it every morning. I sit down and let myself get into a deep trance state. After I reach the state of being completely relaxed, I bring up this feeling of insecurity and observe it as if it wasn’t me. Then I acknowledge to myself that this is the feeling I want to overcome and that I desire to be free from it.
So far it felt like I’ve made huge progress in this. My insecurities do still arise, and I certainly have a long way to go, but working on it actively has unleashed a bunch of energy within me. I can now work on my career without feeling like a failure. I started working on art with a passion I’ve never felt before and have rekindled with the beauty of writing. These are just the first steps and I’m excited to keep working towards the life that I dream about.
“It’s only when you get beyond the emotion of fear and move into the unknown -despite the fear- that you turn your fear into passion and courage.”
~Dr. Joe Dispenza
Thank you for reading this post, and I hope that you enjoyed reading it. If there’s anything you recognized about yourself or want to share with me, feel free to leave a comment. As I said earlier I’m making it a goal to post regularly. Some of the upcoming topics I want to write about are motivation, quitting weed, and meditation. On top, I am going to make an extra section on the blog to share my art.
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San Sebastián, the city known for the most delicious food, a huge range of tapas bars, cobblestone streets, beautiful beaches and amazing weather (usually)!
We fell back to trusty Airbnb and found a private room in a shared house. The cost of this was half of what a hostel costs when there are 2 people. Not only did we have our own private room but we had a full balcony with an awesome view of Zurriola Beach (shown above) and the old town where the majority of the tapas restaurants were, was a short minute stroll. You can search for San Sebastian rentals here too.
Unfortunately, we werent given the best weather for our four days in San Sebastian and we had to dig out our winter clothes that were happily packed at the base of our backpack. Due to the bad weather, we werent able to experience the beaches, although there were quite a few brave surfers/windsurfers/paragliders out there. On the upside, we had much more time for all the restaurants and food consumption.
We contemplated joining an organized Food Tour (top rated on TripAdvisor) which takes you a bunch of restaurants but we decided to skip that and head out on our own Tapas crawl, based on information provided by the locals we were staying with. We also researched the top Pintxo (tapas) restaurants in the Old Town and made our way to the restaurants/bars sampling a few at each. The majority of the tapas are sold on a sliced baguette with a toothpick stabbed in the top.
Weve never seen so many variations before! They lay them out all in a row and you can pick and choose what you like or you can order a fresh hot tapa to order. They dont really advertise this but doing so ensures your food is always hot & fresh.
If youre tapa bar hopping, simply stand & eat/drink at the bar, no need for a seat especially as there are very few. Below is a tapa bar crawl map, provided by our host.
La Cuchara de San Telmo If you go to one tapas bar, make sure its this one. Get the crispy pork & grilled octopus. So amazing!
Bar La Vina Get the very gooey cheesecake, what this restaurant is known for.
Borda Berri We were in and out of here in 15 minutes, super tasty dishes & very efficient. Get the beef cheek.
Bar Zabaleta Mainly locals here and run by a family. Jacob enjoyed a hearty serving of Paella (only on Saturdays) whilst Emily a strong Sangria.
La Fabrica Our real splurge, and a very good one at that! For dinner, we enjoyed a bottle of wine, 2 appetizers, 2 mains and 2 desserts. Very, very delicious. Our top choices here was the tomato, zucchini and goat cheese pie with nut salad, sirloin steak served on a bed of mashed potatoes and the wine roasted lamb. We would have redone this meal all over again if it werent for the price tag! Make sure to make a reservation here, especially if its on a weekend.
La Concha Beach San Sebastians most famous beach. A long stretch of sand, plenty of space for the tourists! There are a lot of surf schools offering surfing in San Sebastian, walk along anywhere on Zurriola beach or La Concha and you will find one.
Peine del Viento On the furthest tip of Ondaretta beach (past La Concha) there are three big standing abstract sculptures (aka the Wind Comb). The waves of the Atlantic crash against the base of these sculptures making for an awesome view. Worth a walk up to view San Sebastián from the other side of town.
Monte Urgull aka Jesus Hill (or so we were told). A steep but relatively easy climb up a mountain to enjoy an incredible view of San Sebastian, shown below. Luckily we chose to go on the first day we arrived as the sun never came out again.
A small colourful fishing village in the Basque Country that is well worth the visit! An easy minute bus ride from San Sebastian (20 minutes on the express). The culinary scene is growing rapidly here with new pintxo bars opening up all the time. The houses are colourful with flower pots draped over the balconies and the streets are lined with people dining outside. See here for a full guide to Hondarribia.
Our favourite restaurant here was Sardara. This is one of the newest restaurants in the town. We originally went here just for one dish and after sampling a few others elsewhere, we came back to Sardara for seconds and was even more impressed. Emily used the Google Translate app and wrote a glowing message to the chef in Spanish, he came out and was very happy to hear such happy customers! The dishes we got were grilled scallop with pancetta (see pic below), wine Mussels, Cod Au Gratin, & Steak.
With very happy tummies, we took a 12 hour overnight sleeper train to Barcelona!
Married Days Survived: 74
Listen, Im Eddie Lacys biggest fan, aside from his local Chinese takeout restaurant. He single handedly got me into my Fantasy Football championship last year with a garbage time 20 yard run and touchdown. Ill be forever in his debt.
Im glad Eddie isnt (that) fat anymore. I guess. It was honestly what attracted me to him. Through some trades, hes landed on my team again this year in 3 of my 4 leagues (I told you I LOVE the guy). So heres my plead: Eddie, score a god damn touch down! I appreciate the early season yard games. But, put some points on the board. Please.
Can someone put a pizza in the end zone or something? Papa Johns Pizza, THIS IS YOUR SHOT! Peyton may have used steroids. Your boy, J.J. Watt is out for the season. No player would appreciate an endorsement from a pizza joint more than Eddie Lacy.
Actually, scratch that, Im sure the Packers put a no fast food clause into his contract.
3 games 43 attempts, yards, 0 tds, 5 targets, 2 receptions, 19 yards = fantasy points.
Any way, always remember
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იყიდება VESS მარკის ECO ნახევრად ავტომატური ქვაფენილის და ბლოკის საწარმო. ნახევრად ავტომატური ოპერაციული სისტემით, ბეტონის მორევის სამუშაოები სრულდება მიწის ზედაპირზე. გათვლილია 24 საათიანი მუშაობისთვის. ასევე გვაქვს სხვადასხვა ავტომატიზაციის სისტემები და მოცულობების წარმოება. გაქვთ საშუალება მხოლოდ ყალიბის შეცვლის შემთხვევაში, აწარმოოთ: 5 სმ.-დან / 25 სმ-მდე სიმაღლის მასალა, ეს იქნება: ქვაფენილი, ბლოკი, იზობლოკი, ბორდიურები , სართულშუა გადახურვის ფილა, ბუხარის ქვა თუ ბეტონი. დღიური წარმოება (8 საათში) ბლოკი ხოლო მ² ქვაფენილი და ცალი ბორდიური. ბუნკერის რაოდენობა / ერთ ბუნკერიანი, მართვის სისტემა ოპერატორის კონტროლით. სამშენებლო ბლოკის დანადგარები, რომლებიც გამოირჩევიან მარტივი დამონტაჟებითა და უაღრესად პრაქტიკული გამოყენებით, საშუალებას გაძლევთ უპრობლემოდ აწარმოოთ თქვენთვის სასურველი სამშენებლო ბეტონის პროდუქცია. გთავაზობთ შესაძლებლობას თქვენი წარმოების პროცესი გახდეს უფრო მარტივი და ეფექტური. გახდი წამყვანი სიმძლავრისა და ხარისხის სრულყოფილი ჰარმონიით და გაზარდეთ თქვენი წარმოების პერფორმანსი. გამოცდილი სამუშაო გუნდის წყალობით დატვირთვა- გადაცემა და განბაჟების მსგავსი სამუშაოების შესრულებაში, თქვენი ჩარევის გარეშე. ყველა ამ საქმეს თავად ვასრულებთ. წარმოება - მიწოდება -დამონტაჟება ვადაში. უფასო დამონტაჟება და ტესტირება. 2 წელი გარანტია. 5 წლიანი უფასო სერვისი. ელ-ფოსტა: [email protected] მობ: +90 66 64 მობ: + 91 26 26
„Dej tam víc třísek. Ty noviny víc zmuchlej. My tam občas foukáme, to pomáhá.“ Poprvé zatápím v kamnech a asistuje mi hned několik lidí. Každý má trochu jiný postup a ten jeho je nejlepší. Do toho mě za rukáv tahají děti. Chaos! Jsem z nich nervózní a posílám je pryč. V kamnech hoří. Hurá! Prvotní úspěch.
Mám z kamen respekt. Trnu, abych včas přiložila, aby se děti nespálily, abych se nespálila já a aby ti moji žrouti měli vůbec co jíst, protože kamna jsou jediným sporákem v chalupě. Tohle bylo měsíc zpět. Teď už mi nikdo neradí.
„Až půjdeš do studánky, skloň hlavu. Jak pršelo, vylezli slimáci a budeš je mít přímo nad hlavou,“ upozorňuje mě manžel. Brrr! Jestli něco nesnáším, tak slimáky! Studánka je zvláštní místo v chalupě. Kamenná klenba zasazená do svahu, pod kterou je studánka. V dobách stavby chalupy mělo toto místo dvě funkce regulace vlhkosti a zdroj vody. Pro nás funguje jako sklad potravin a lednice, která v chalupě zatím není.
Slimáků mi nad hlavou visí několik, díky světlu v temné místnosti je i zřetelně vidím. Přeju si jen, aby mi nespadl některý z těch slizounů za krk. Prší několik dní v kuse, a tak slimáky máme i všude kolem.
„Mamka je utopí v pivu,“ radí Martin. „V pivu?“ divím se. Odpoledne sousedka rozvíjí pivní fintu na slimáky: „To vezmete petku, uřežete půlku a zahrabete na úrovni země. Nalijete pivo a do rána jich tam máte utopených tak “ Uf! Vidím to hned v obraze a ten obraz se mi hnusí. Sousedka vyhodnotila můj zkřivený obličej a k mé drobné radosti pokračuje jinou alternativou: „Ale já ho nejčastěji přeříznu vejpůl a on do rána zmizí. Taky si na ně nehodlám zvyknout. Žerou mi kytky! Nejsem si úplně jistá, jak se tvářím teď, ale o nic lepší to nebude. V té chvíli přichází soused a rázně sděluje: „Já je propíchnu a je klid. Jsou přemnožený. Vyhodit je pryč ničemu nepomůže.“ Děkuju všem za rady. Odcházím s myšlenkou, že operace slimák bude moje achillova pata.
„Káji,“ běžím za manželem a sotva popadám dech, „skočil mi obrovskej pavouk tlustej jako prase- přímo na čelo! Vymetala jsem stodolu a jeden křivák mi opravdu skočil témeř do tváře. Od manžela jsem čekala minimálně medaily, protože jsem ani nepípla. Pavouků se nebojím, ale ráda je nemám. Pokud se nějaký větší zatoulal do našeho bytu, volala jsem manžela. V chalupě je jich jasná převaha. Pavučiny vymetené týdny dozadu jsou zpět. Rozhodla jsem se na tyto 8nohé tvory dívat trochu jinak.
„A když najdu myš v ložnici, tak co mám dělat? Honit ji s koštětem? Majznout ji po hlavě? chrlím dotazy na manžela. Nic. Stejně ji nechytneš, odpovídá s klidem. V mé hlavě zní magické slovo kočka. Sousedovic Mikeška mi ukázala, že si s myší výborně poradí. Jednu bez hlavy už přinesla před dveře chalupy. Tak na ni budu spoléhat dál.
„Slib mi, že mi zůstanou obě ruce celé,“ říkám úzkostně manželovi. Ten bere novou motorovou pilu opět do rukou. „Věřím ti! Ale mám z toho respekt,“ dodávám. Manžel mi následně pevným hlasem slibuje, že mi nic neuřízne. A jedeme dál. Když jsme začali řezat, sepnul adrenalin a mě ani nanepadlo bát se o prsty. Pak se pila párkrát sekla a manžel mi posunul ruce dál. Adrenalin vystřídal pud sebezáchovy. Od pily jde teplo. Všude létají piliny. I do očí.
Vystoupit ze své komfortní zóny je pro mě adrenalinem a jistou formou sebepoznávání. I tak vím, že některé věci pro mě budou tvrdším oříškem jak jiné.
I should probably apologise to your bank balance before I really get started with this post. Im sorry! The QVC Tili Beauty box may be something you need. Some of you may be aware that I have been looking for a replacement beauty box to my Birchbox subscription, which I get every month. My lovely friend Jess recently told me that QVC were launching their own version of a beauty box. I really do think QVC are one to watch, especially when it comes to beauty. I used to have this very dated view of the company, that it was a shopping channel selling products I didnt want, but my Nana may have loved. Not anymore. They stock some of the most highly rated brands on the market, from Liz Earle to Bobbi Brown but also some of the limited access brands such as tarte and it Cosmetics, (easier to get hold of in the States). The minute I laid eyes on this box I knew I had to have it.
The box is a one off purchase which means no monthly subscription malarky. The Tili (Try it, Love it) comes in at £20 and there are no extra charges for postage and packaging. Included are 9 items and I am genuinely excited to try all of them, which I have never been able to say about a beauty box before.
Nexxus Nutritive Shampoo
Nexxus Nutritive Conditioner
Becca Backlight Priming Filter
Vita Liberata Phenomenal Mousse and Mini Mitt
Bareminerals Skinlongevity Vital Power Infusion
Alpha-H Liquid Gold
Elemis Smart Cleanse Micellar Water
Essie Nail Polish in Ballet Slippers
Each item is from a well established, premium brand. Usually, these boxes tend to come with fillers cheaper products to balance out the higher priced ones, but the Tili box offers an exception to the rule.
The first edition QVC Tili beauty box is still available here, while stocks last. The next one is out in October and I cant wait to see what will be inside! There are some real gems to be found here, which would usually cost a lot more to try if you were going to purchase them outright.
Let me know if you purchase the QVC Tili, I would love to hear your thoughts!
ALF x
This is a no holds barred, honest review. I am not getting paid to talk about this hunting pack. So, with that out of the way, if you are considering buying the ALPS OutdoorZ Pursuit, read along. I am going to give you my honest opinion, the good, the bad, and what has stood out for me. (by the wayI am an amazon affiliate so I can earn $$ on qualified purchases, but other than that I have nothing on the line here).
I have 5 hunting/camping packs in my collection. From a small waist pack, a few day packs, to a full monster expedition pack. In the past few years I have been hunting and fishing in the mountains more and more frequently. I am not a super backcountry guru….I don’t live in Alaska or Montana. I don’t hunt on foot into the wilderness for days at a time. But……I don’t drive my truck to a tree and sit in a stand either. I would say I am a cross between hunting within easy access and exploringI guess you could call it day long hiking and hunting trips. So, I needed a pack that was bigger than my waist pack (with shoulder straps) but not too big that it could be considered an overnight bag. I had a few things that I wanted/needed in my pack:
From Field and Stream to Bass Pro to Amazon and about every comparison article I could find….I read EVERYTHING. Pros and Cons of each pack, hundreds (yes really) hundreds of product reviews, and dozens of You Tube videos. I firmly believe that there is nothing more that I can do to be knowledgeable about hunting day packs. With all that said. I bought the ALPS OutdoorZ Pursuit pack. I have used this pack now for 8 months and am heading full speed into a new deer season. All in all, I love the pack. There are a few things that I really don’t like, but the good outweighs the bad for me (and my low points may not bother you at all). So here are my findings, I hope this helps with your purchase, and if you have any advice for us…please leave a comment or photo below (also check out our YouTube video to see my set up and how I gear up).
So, thanks for reading my review of the ALPS OutdoorZ Pursuit pack. I do really like this bag; I hope this helps you make a decision on how to spend your hard-earned money. Please take a look below at some of the attributes that I did not get to discuss and check out our video showing our review and how I set up my pack. Leave a comment if you can, we would love to hear from you.
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