Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: May 10th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesRecently I received a letter with an inquiry about the town of Mishnitz.
I Don’t Think You Want My Business!
Posted on: May 10th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe needs of the chronically ill are many, varied and usually extremely expensive.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Part 5)
Posted on: May 3rd, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe last cartoon that came out of the discussion with the well spouse group depicted how society sees the well spouse, or should I say doesn't see him.
Posted on: May 3rd, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe conservative minority government of Poland's Law and Justice party has agreed to enter a coalition with two extreme-right parties.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Part 4)
Posted on: April 26th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe next two cartoons from the well spouse group I interviewed are almost identical. One seems to me to come from society and one from chronically ill spouses themselves.
Posted on: April 26th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThis week the Jewish world commemorated Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the anniversary of the fall of the Warsaw Ghetto.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Part 3)
Posted on: April 19th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesAs I continue to share the cartoons from a well spouse group I interviewed, I'd like to share one that illustrates a common bone of contention to well spouses and their partners.
Polish Chasidic Student Returns to Poland For Pesach
Posted on: April 19th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesMati Pavlack, a rabbinic student studying at Yeshiva University, returned to Poland for Pesach to help the local population prepare and celebrate the holiday.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Part 2)
Posted on: April 12th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week I began to share the work of a support group.
Posted on: April 12th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesJews had always been permitted to settle in Zakroczym without restriction.
Posted on: April 5th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesNo details are available on the origins of the village of Kiernozia.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Part 1)
Posted on: April 5th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesA while ago, I was invited to a very different well-spouse support group meeting.
Overwhelmed Comes In Different Packages
Posted on: March 29th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesIt is very hard for most of us to understandsomeone else's experiences.
Mazal Tov, Rabbi Mattisyahu Kos
Posted on: March 29th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesChag Hasmicha is a celebration honoring newly ordained rabbis.
Posted on: March 22nd, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesSilence is assent, or so the saying goes. Yet, in today's world, does someone's silence mean agreement?
Posted on: March 22nd, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThere is evidence of Jewish presence in Lipno as early as the 18th century.
Life Cycle Events and Distance
Posted on: March 15th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesI've been writing about the joys and heartbreaks of dealing with life-cycle events that occur far from the home of the chronically ill person.
Posted on: March 15th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThere is no definitive information on when Jews first came to Vishkov, but at the turn of the 20th century, the cemetery was the final resting place of at least four generations.
The Long Distance Wedding – Thinking Out Of The Box
Posted on: March 8th, 2006
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week I wrote about the difficulties many chronically ill and handicapped people have, participating in the simchas of their children.
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