Vayigash: Jewish Sensitivity and Caring
A few years ago I discovered I had celiac disease, which means I cannot eat gluten. No more regular challah, cookies and cakes. At home,
April 23, 2025
A few years ago I discovered I had celiac disease, which means I cannot eat gluten. No more regular challah, cookies and cakes. At home,
“I can’t believe it’s almost over!” Those words said so often at the end of Chanukah (and our other holidays). It expresses the feeling that
I can still remember spending a Shabbos Chanukah with my grandparents. My grandfather lit his father’s large silver menorah, taken when he escaped Germany in
My friend’s father was a paratrooper in the Israeli army during the Six-Day War. He was dropped off in middle of the desert with orders
When you’re a father in a house mostly filled with girls, you put on the fixer-man hat quite often. Last week I was Baruch the
Yaakov was born with his hand grabbing onto the heel of Eisav. Hence, he was called Yaakov. Rashi says Yitzchak named him Yaakov from the
When visiting friends, I remarked that their main floor looked like it had quite a makeover. The wife laughed, saying there was a funny story
Titles and introductions mean a lot. About a year ago I went to the Friday night shalom zachor of the grandson of one of our
Before I gave my parsha shiur late Thursday night, I was wiped out from Sukkos and all the lectures I gave on Yom Tov, and
A few years ago, a unique bottle of wine was sold at an auction. The bottle was found in an old Pennsylvania mansion and had
Last year on Erev Sukkos I found myself in the kosher supermarket like many others getting their last-minute items for the upcoming Yom Tov. My
In May of 2017, President Trump visited Eretz Yisrael for thirty-six hours. Over 10,000 policemen were assigned to protect him in Yerushalayim alone. The U.S.
