Whenever my four-year-old twin grandsons (Aryeh and Nosson Tzvi) see the Hebrew letter Aleph, they say, “That’s Aleph for Aryeh.” When they see the letter

Last summer, I was trimming bushes in my backyard when I felt a sting. It was a bee on my wrist. I then felt more

I have been in the hospital many times over the last few months to visit my father-in-law, Rabbi Singer (Shlomo Zalman ben Leah). There is

This week is my granddaughter Etty’s second birthday. She’s named after my mother-in-law, Rebbetzin Ita Singer, a”h. I remember holding her as a newborn in

A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughter to the passport center in Manhattan for a same-day passport renewal. It took two trips, once

When I was in summer camp, I loved buying cans of soda from the vending machine. Sometimes the soda can wouldn’t come out after inserting

Last week’s presidential debate to help decide who would be the best leader for America reminded me of Parshas Korach. Two esteemed individuals with dissimilar

I recently found a small shoe box in one of my closets. Inside was my first pair of shoes! They were cute little white high-top

I have a gorgeous art piece from Rabbi Yonah Weinrib in my house— basically a star with six teardrop points. In the center, there’s a

Right after Shavuos last year, I took my son on a hike called Stairway to Heaven, in Vernon, New Jersey. At the top of the

In the early 1900s, the Turkish emperor issued harsh decrees against the Jews. Naturally, the chief rabbi tried to convince him to rescind these decrees.