Embrace change as you would warmly welcome a stranger.

Adaptability is accepting change and unpredictability, as well as knowing when to remain constant. With this trait in check, those who meet change do so with promise and are successful. Adaptability out of check displays itself as either a giddy chameleon that is far too changeable, or a rigid, unbending and frustrated type.

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two sides of the same coin

During the first few months, when Barbara and I first began attending Beit HaShofar, I was told by a very smart congregant that mules and donkeys were very intelligent. I poopo...

by rachmiel lev on Mar 28, 2012 in torah

broader shoulders

The Hebrew word for adaptable is sagil. ...

by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 1, 2012 in meditation

everything and nothing

Once upon a time, a father and a son went to sell their old horse in the market. While they were on their way to the market, a group of people commented, “We have never seen s...

by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 1, 2012 in stories

inscribed instructions

An older man is driving down the freeway and his car phone rings. When he answers, he hears his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's ...

by rabbi russ resnik on Jan 1, 2012 in torah

relational adaptability

The middah of adaptability is fundamental to existence; it is characteristic of God Himself. For centuries, the Sages puzzled over the question of how anything besides God can ...

by rav carl kinbar on Dec 31, 2011 in daily living

the model of adaptability

It is rather incredible to think of all the ways in which God “adapts”  in order for us to perceive and know him. He provides us with different modes of communication and...

by rabbi benjamin ehrenfeld on Dec 31, 2011 in besorah

no flex, no gain

"An increase of flexibility in the mind and the heart is a gift that benefits all who come in contact with us." -- Hart Lazer in introduction to Aleph Bet Yoga by Steven A. Rapp ...

by rebbetzin malkah on Dec 26, 2011 in daily living

bendable as a reed

Soon after this R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon entered [the Beit Hamidrash] and expounded thus, "A man should always be gentle as the reed and let him never be unyielding as the ced...

by rebbetzin malkah on Dec 26, 2011 in mesorah

accounting  questions to ask yourself Use these questions to evaluate your day: What were the seeds that started to erode your adaptibility today? Were there circumstances where you struggled with adapting? What was... by riverton mussar on Nov 2, 2011

quotes  quotes The LORD had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you... by riverton mussar on Nov 2, 2011

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 relational adaptability The middah of adaptability is fundamental to existence; it is characteristic of God Himself. For centuries, the Sages puzzled over the question of how anything besides God can ... by rav carl kinbar on Dec 31, 2011 no flex, no gain "An increase of flexibility in the mind and the heart is a gift that benefits all who come in contact with us." -- Hart Lazer in introduction to Aleph Bet Yoga by Steven A. Rapp ... by rebbetzin malkah on Dec 26, 2011

torah

 two sides of the same coin During the first few months, when Barbara and I first began attending Beit HaShofar, I was told by a very smart congregant that mules and donkeys were very intelligent. I poopo... by rachmiel lev on Mar 28, 2012 inscribed instructions An older man is driving down the freeway and his car phone rings. When he answers, he hears his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's ... by rabbi russ resnik on Jan 1, 2012

besorah

 the model of adaptability It is rather incredible to think of all the ways in which God “adapts”  in order for us to perceive and know him. He provides us with different modes of communication and... by rabbi benjamin ehrenfeld on Dec 31, 2011

mesorah

 bendable as a reed Soon after this R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon entered [the Beit Hamidrash] and expounded thus, "A man should always be gentle as the reed and let him never be unyielding as the ced... by rebbetzin malkah on Dec 26, 2011

meditation

 broader shoulders The Hebrew word for adaptable is sagil. ... by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 1, 2012

stories

 everything and nothing Once upon a time, a father and a son went to sell their old horse in the market. While they were on their way to the market, a group of people commented, “We have never seen s... by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 1, 2012

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