What ancient Jewish wisdom can teach us about getting better sleep

What ancient Jewish wisdom can teach us about getting better sleep

In a world that glorifies hustle and treats exhaustion like a badge of honor, we are collectively running on empty—and it shows. Chronic fatigue, insomnia, burnout, and sleep medication dependency have become so common that they’re often dismissed as the cost of ambition. The irony? The remedy has been with us for thousands of years, woven into tradition and ritual by sages who understood that rest is not retreat—it’s restoration. As a rabbi and…