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These Are
the Things
Ten Essential Practices for Living a Meaningful Life
What makes a life meaningful? Often, it is the quiet ways we show up for one another.
Drawing on the ancient Jewish teaching of Elu D’varim and more than twenty-five years in the rabbinate, Dan explores ten everyday practices—from kindness and hospitality to visiting the sick and making peace—that help us live with greater presence, connection, and purpose.
For readers of every background, personal stories meet practical guidance for bringing these commitments into daily life.
“In this beautifully written and profound work, Rabbi Dan Moskovitz shows how ancient Jewish wisdom can ennoble our everyday lives regardless of one’s beliefs. He inspires us in the best possible way: by setting measurable goalposts for our moral conduct and aspirations.”
Yossi Klein Halevi Author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
“All of us wish for someone offering gentle, clear wisdom that springs from life experience: Rabbi Dan Moskovitz is that person and These Are the Things is that book. Here is a way through many of the confusions of our world.”
Rabbi David Wolpe Author of Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times
- Honor your parents
- Perform acts of kindness
- Show up to learn
- Welcome guests
- Visit the sick
- Celebrate with a wedding couple
- Accompany the dead to burial
- Pray with intention
- Make peace between people
- Study sacred wisdom
THESE
ARE THE
THINGSTen Essential Practices
for Living a Meaningful Life
ARE THE
THINGSTen Essential Practices
for Living a Meaningful Life
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I’m Dan Moskovitz, Senior Rabbi of Temple Sholom in Vancouver since 2013. My work begins in community—in teaching and conversation, in celebration and grief—and reaches outward through sermons, writing, and public dialogue.
I explore how Jewish wisdom helps us respond to the questions of our time and the responsibilities of everyday life. Away from the pulpit, I’m a husband, father, and lover of fishing, woodworking, and baseball.
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