I participated in a study of leaders of Jewish institutions, examining what energizes us and what weighs us down. The goal was simple: to be
During my first six years of marriage, I lived in a neighborhood in Yerushalayim called Maalot Dafna, near East Jerusalem. Very early each morning I
A parent’s job involves doing a lot for their children, and sometimes inspiring them means even more. A friend told me he builds three sukkahs
Over the years, I’ve experienced several floods during the week of Parshas Noach. When my twin daughters were born, we made a kiddush on Shabbos
I was speaking with a security guard at a Jewish wedding and he commented how the dancing at Jewish weddings is very different from what
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein taught for many years in a yeshiva high school in Crown Heights. Most of the boys were from non-religious homes. One of
One of my students went on a group tour deep into mainland China. During the trip, he felt sick and stopped to rest. No one
I was speaking recently with a friend of mine, Barry Stein, about my father-in-law, Rabbi Singer, who has been in the hospital for the past
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein zt”l once told a real eye-opening story. Chana was born blind and wondered how she would ever get married. When she was
I just completed learning Gemara Eruvin with the Yeshiva Ner Boruch-PTI’s Kollel and morning-seder Chabura. One of the major concepts of Eruvin is the effect
I recently went away for a few days with my wife to rejuvenate ourselves. Our hotel had a minyan with a very diverse crowd. The
I recall attending a lovely wedding where the singer concluded singing, “Im Eshkachech,” and the glass was placed under the chosson’s foot to break. As
