By Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim This week are the yahrzeits of Binyamin Yisrael ben Shlomo HaLevi Gonsher (10 Tammuz) and Shlomo Zalman ben Rabbi Mordechai Yisroel

A married couple with one child came to me recently with a dilemma. As ba’alei teshuvah, they pondered whom they should list as a guardian

When I was in sixth grade, my friend, Meir Tannenbaum, would often share a gematria (the significance of the numerical value of words) or a

Last week was the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Uri Zohar, who had been a major celebrity in Eretz Yisrael as an actor, comedian and film

In summer camp, I loved playing capture the flag. Each team had to hide its flag and protect it from being captured by their opponent.

There was a fellow I’d see occasionally whom I would encourage to learn in our yeshiva. He was always very cordial and polite, but he

As a child I used to love riding on an escalator. I would race my brother from the bottom to the top of the downward

Last year during Chol Hamoed Pesach, my recently married daughter and son-in-law were flying to Florida to join his family for the last days of

Frequently, when I meet someone from the Philadelphia area, they ask me if I’m related to “Mrs. Hansi Bodenheim.” “That’s my Oma (the German term