
Selichos: Keep Knocking on Hashem’s Door
When I was a child, my mother sent me to a nearby neighbor to borrow a bottle of milk. I was shy, but I went
When I was a child, my mother sent me to a nearby neighbor to borrow a bottle of milk. I was shy, but I went
I received a gift card a few months ago and recently wanted to use the remaining balance on the card. I called the phone number
Last year, a large branch broke off from a tree in our backyard. I called Robert, my trusty tree removal guy that I’ve used many
Last week was the Bike4Chai ride. Over 650 people cycled 100 miles in one day to raise money for Chai Lifeline and Camp Simcha, for
My good friend Rabbi Moshe Ginian told me he was trying to learn and complete a certain Gemara, but he found himself frequently distracted. So
The year was 1946. Rabbi Isaac HaLevi Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael, came to visit Chicago. A huge entourage greeted the Chief Rabbi at
In the late 1940s, Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman—the Ponevezher Rav—was raising money to purchase plots of land to build a yeshiva in Bnei Brak, which
I was playing baseball as a kid, covering left field, when the batter hit the ball…hard! I moved in to catch it, but realized I
Every teenager looks forward to the day they get their driver’s license. Freedom! Yet, the push for self-driving cars remains strong. Maybe we won’t need
Last Shabbos was the first yahrzeit of a truly special young man, Binyamin Yisrael Gonsher, who passed away at the young age of 14 due
As one reads through the parshiyos in Sefer Bamidbar, one could get overwhelmed by the amount of complaints, strife, discord, disunity, argumentative behavior, blasphemy and
There are lots of signs of summer. School and yeshiva end and camp begins. Tests and classrooms take a backseat to the relaxing outdoors. Weddings