Positive Words, Positive Worlds
The front of the car where the engine was had burnt to a crisp, and all the windows were shattered.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 134
Hubby’s wardrobe beckons to me daily. Because he had been a clothing designer, his legacy is partially the beautiful shoes, belts, jackets, custom suits, shirts, ties, and jewelry which he left behind. Little by little, I am finding worthy recipients of the most important items.
Medical Daas Torah?
But a doctor, even a specialist, is not a rav steeped in Torah knowledge, whose daas Torah is indisputable. I know that in most medical situations, there is a second opinion by an equally learned specialist who can disagree with his colleague’s conclusion as to the best course of action to take and when.
Consumer Price Index
I don’t see why this should be ribbis. I’m not gaining anything; I’m just recouping my loss...
Teenagers’ Life Skills
Who doesn’t love to procrastinate? It’s much easier to do something fun than to sit down and do what you’ve got to do. But establishing what our priorities are can then help us fight that procrastination and accomplish our goals.
Daf Yomi
K’vod HaBriyos – Human Dignity
‘… Excluding Where He Was Preoccupied’
(Shavuos 18b-19a)
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part XII)
Our choices shape our perspective. Our perspective sets the context. And that context determines the meaning we assign to any experience.
Starting To Invest At Age 40: What Rabbi Akiva Can Teach Us About Personal...
The most important aspect of successful investing is having a long-time horizon.
Q & A: A Sefirah Dilemma – Conclusion
Question: Were these individuals allowed to lead the congregation in counting sefirah? I also wonder, in general, if everyone may be trusted to lead the counting. What if someone forgot to count on one of the previous nights but does not inform anyone of this?
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The Music of Lag B’Omer
The beauty of klezmer music is that you don’t need to understand the language. Because there’s no language. It’s only music.
Dear Dr. Yael
Prioritizing other people‘s needs can lead to burn out and neglecting your own emotional and physical well-being.
Creation Appreciation
One who truly loves Hashem, loves everything He creates. By loving and showing respect to His creations, we, in essence, show respect to Hashem Himself.
David Levi: The Forgotten Father of Anglo-Jewish Prayer
What makes Levi’s work so enduring is not only his grasp of the Hebrew but his sensitivity to the te’amim – the flavor and nuance – of the prayers. This wasn’t a robotic translation.
To Live Is To Know
As we exist in the world and interact with it, we receive input and understand our surroundings by means of the data we collect, chiefly by way of our senses. But because we also have the ability to communicate with one another, we learn much useful information about the world from each another.
Persuaded – Chapter I
It was like she had an expiration date stamped on her forehead. Ouch! The very idea sent another stab of pain straight across her temples.
By Appointment of the King
When Yosef related his dreams to his brothers and to his father, his brothers became jealous of him. Not his father. His father shamar es ha’davar, kept it in mind and looked forward to the time when Yosef’s dreams would come true (Rashi to Bereishis 37:11).
Swimming with Frieda
I tried not to cry; I did not feel that I had earned the right to do so.
The Logic of Tumah: Eternity in a Mortal World
The holy spaces had to be kept free of conditions that bespoke mortality.
The Covid Lesson that Slipped Away
Once upon a time, in the quiet of small semachot, we heard what mattered most. Have we gone deaf again?
Lag B’Omer & Emor
In Pirkei Avot, we find the statement, Schar mitzvah, mitzvah – the reward for doing a mitzvah is the mitzvah itself. Or perhaps it means that the reward for doing a mitzvah is another mitzvah to do.
Past, Present, Future
We tell ourselves every day that mistakes define us and shape us and in turn they hold us back from improvement and change. But what if you ate the cake, enjoyed it, but ultimately decided that it was not in your best interest?
Street Cleaners
Based on one’s Torah stature in the community [one] must conduct himself beyond the measure of the law.
Migration Minus The Minyan
Insurance prices have skyrocketed and many companies have stopped offering insurance to multi-unit buildings in Florida. My rate for a ground floor 786-square-foot (not counting an enclosed porch) went up over 80 percent.
The Harsh Lesson of the Death of the 24,000 Talmidei Rebbi Akiva
We must know that the mitzvah of kavod haTorah is even greater than learning Torah. As the Gemara in Masechtas Megilla in the first perek states categorically that while learning Torah does not supersede the hearing of the megillah, giving honor to the Torah does.
The Judaism Of Arthur Miller
Most of Miller’s plays were performed in Israel, beginning with Salesman, which was performed at the Habimah National Theatre in Tel Aviv (1951). He visited Israel several times, once attending a presentation of his All My Sons and sitting next to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on his last day in office, May 17, 1977.
Kayin And Hevel: Not What You Learned in Cheder
Both Kayin and Hevel are flawed in this narrative. Kayin, consumed by lust and evil, has will and determination. Hevel, free of evil, lacks drive or purpose.
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