Rabbi Nota Schiller, zt”l
I really admired the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Someach. As one of the founders of the baal teshuva movement in the 1960s, he affected many future generations.
The Bitahon Blueprint (Part IV)
When the ego is engaged, it instructs us about what is important. However, in this space, we can’t access it and have little or no connection to the reality into which we have been thrust.
A Forgery That Earned A Cherem
In the introduction to Imrei Shefer, Rabbi Isaac addresses this imposter work, which had been printed a few years prior in Venice in 1593. Rabbi Isaac was quick to clarify that it was a forgery – one concocted by unscrupulous individuals who sought to profit from his father’s revered name.
Rabbi Invited To Syria While Another Disinvited From Rally Against White Supremacists
Having visited before the latest round of violence, Lopatin said it is his hope that the new regime would be peaceful and not ally itself with Iran.
Marcel Marceau, Holocaust Hero
Marceau’s talent with body language and mime movement may have saved his life while fighting with the French resistance. He claimed that he was caught entirely by surprise when he accidentally ran into a unit of German soldiers; quickly improvising, he mimicked an advance guard of a large French force and successfully persuaded the German soldiers to retreat.
Word Prompt – SPRING – Ann Koffsky
Spring is also allergy season. Time to stock up on the Zyrtec. For some reason, this always surprises me and feels terribly unjust. Why, oh why, just as things are getting so beautiful do I also have to feel goopy and miserable?
Word Prompt – SPRING – Sari Kopitnikoff
Each year, when the snow starts to melt for the last time of the season and I hear the sounds of children dragging their bikes out of the shed, or the rhythmic bounce of a basketball on the court next door, I feel grateful for the change in seasons.
Word Prompt – SPRING – Yitzy Spinner
Spring reminds me that each and every day is truly a blessing.
Word Prompt – SPRING – Orit Riter
Passover in the spring is all about remembering that freedom. But it's not just ancient history; it's about us, now, shaking off whatever is holding us back.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 126
Of course, the family had wanted what was best for their father. They believed that their father was at risk under the care of the aid who had clearly acted irresponsibly on his day off. Still, Mom knew what was best for both her and Dad in these final weeks.
Looking Up
My shidduch advice to you is be open as the second time around can work out well no matter how old you are. Even if you're 83, wrinkled and somewhat saggy like we are.
The Rivalry That Got The Talmud Banned
The battle between these two Venetian presses became so intense that complaints reached the revered Rabbi Moshe Isserles (the Rema) in Krakow.
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part III)
Bitachon means knowing in our hearts and minds that there is no such thing as chance and that all of our life experiences are under complete and total Divine supervision (Emunah U’Bitachon 2:1).
The Truth About Quadas Kabir
So how did the Jews completely transform the change Quadas Kabir story and for what purpose? Who was the nefarious Jew who decided to appropriate glorious Palestinian history?
Close Brushes With Fame
As amazing as all these connections were, they pale in comparison with my father’s actual participation (at a distance) in an event of truly global significance.
Word Prompt – LUCK – Maayan Zik
Judaism teaches, Ein mazel l’Yisrael, which means The Jewish people aren’t ruled by mazel. That’s another way of saying that while circumstances influence us, they don’t control us.
Word Prompt – LUCK – Asher Yablok
I believe, and tell my children and talmidim so, that we have the opportunity to be matzliach in ways the defy luck of the draw, nature and happenstance.
Word Prompt – LUCK – Ariela Davis
How many of us who live relatively happy lives with families and full refrigerators and spend much of our time focusing on what we don’t have and complaining about the small things that don’t go our way?
Word Prompt – LUCK – Rachel Tuchman
Lucky people make successful decisions by using their intuition and gut feelings.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 125
At the end of this experiment, she made the decision which would allow her to return to a reasonable quality of her own life, as Dad was declining further and further into his dementia and age-related issues. She has committed to keeping her husband at home, and with the best possible care that can be provided.
Students’ Winning STEM Design Makes Feeding Tubes Fashionable For Kids
We were watching a documentary about people with Dysphagia, and realized that some people can’t swallow at all and need a feeding tube. So, we came up with a way to help kids with feeding tubes who might be feeling bad about how they look, explained Dunn and Sobelman.
Memories Of Chazzan Ben Zion Miller
I first got to hear him at the big beautiful Beth El shul in Boro Park when I visited my sister and brother-in-law, Shmuel Kunda. I also got to know him personally over the last few years, as he also had a place in Century Village in West Palm Beach.
Post Holocaust Resurgence Of Jewish Scholarship
The Munich Talmud or The Survivors Talmud boasts vibrant title pages, capturing the historic moment of printing in postwar Germany.
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part II)
Bitachon means knowing that Hashem not only supervises all aspects of our lives—down to the tiniest detail—but that He actively optimizes the entirety of our lives and life experiences toward our greatest good and growth.
Goethe, Oppenheim, And The Jews
Although he would not become famous for his Jewish work until some thirty years later, Oppenheim painted one of his most famous works, Return of a Jewish Volunteer from the Wars of Liberation to His Family Still Living in Accordance with Old Customs, in 1833.
Journalist Who Exposed Flaws In Gaza Documentary: ‘The BBC Is Caught – And Knows...
Collier, who is Jewish and lived in Israel in the past has been a staunch critic of the BBC for a long time, accusing it of anti-Israel bias. But he said this documentary is more egregious.
Word Prompt – MEMORY – Inna Vernikov
The images of the Bibas family – two redheaded, cherub-cheeked babies and their mother – will forever be burned in our minds along with all of the others we refuse to forget.
Word Prompt – MEMORY – Pesha Kletenik
One of the most curious mitzvot we have is to remember to blot out Amalek. The worst way to rid them from our psyche is to annually read about them. We must forever remember the importance of stamping out evil in the world.
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