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  • Did you jump? (Revised on June 22, 2025 with two additions indicated where they occur)

    Shalom to everyone who reads this! I must add some more facts to the experience I wrote about named “Did You Jump?”. I spoke to a Jewish friend at the Shul I attend who had served in the IDF as a Paratrooper and later in the US Army as a Paratrooper medic.  I explained to…

  • The Tanach.

    What book could you read over and over again? How not to go to Hell! Read the Jewish Bible not the Fake “New Testament!”

  • Some Wonderful Happened Today.

    Written by Yosef Michael on April 9, 2025. I was doing a DBT exercise on describing my emotions. I was finally able to cry for more than 1 second. I cried intensely for about 30 seconds before I cut it off. A minute or two later, I cried another 10 seconds before I cut it…

  • A Letter to the Family I Grew Up With.

    Written by Yosef Michael on November 19, 2022. Although my life has been challenging, I am grateful for all Hashem (G-d) has given me, especially the family I grew up with! They were not perfect, but they did the best they could under the circumstances existing during the most challenging times in my life, and I would not hope for anything different because they helped me become the man I am today; imagine what my life would have been without the challenges that I faced in this life, forget that or those thoughts, I would not…

  • When did I Lose Myself?

    Written by Yosef Michael on March 27, 2025. Something amazing happened today, but first a message from our sponsors, I had played the guitar for about 44 years until I stopped playing about 4.5 years ago. Today I walked into a music store and I remembered all the joy I had from playing music, and…

  • Will You Marry Me?

    Written by Yosef Michael on Thursday, September 8, 2022. My former Mormon neighbors invited us over for dinner. They were a friendly family that, at that time, had two young sons. The youngest was 5. During the meal, the five-year-old starts talking about a five-year-old girl in his Mormon preschool who wants to be his…

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