“I think of this as similar to my yoga class, only much, much more satisfying,” business executive Gary Goldstein told the New York Times . He’s one of a number of Jewish New Yorkers considered to be “very significant people” who enjoys periodic visits from a rabbi during the work week to discuss issues ranging from truths of the Torah to “the big picture idea” of life.
Rabbi Brad Hirshfield commented on such programs, “I think there is no greater thing, as long as the participants don’t look at the rabbi as another sort of personal trainer.” Indeed. But while the Times piece highlighted the income of these individuals, as if scoffing their attempts to find spiritual direction while living with material wealth, there’s something about this practice of penciling in spiritual time—which they quite literally do—that all of us could learn from.
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