They just couldn’t be prouder. Twelve years earlier they had undergone the arduous process of making aliyah, which entailed moving away from much of their

Do you know who I wish I could be like on Seder night? Walter Mitty! “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a story written

Our Sages relate that the Torah is concerned with the money of the Jewish people. I feel that this is readily apparent from the fact

A number of years ago a friend of mine married a woman from a very upscale neighborhood. After a few months of Shabbos and yom

There’s no doubt that I am the most important person in the world these days. You need to know about me. So, really I’m telling

I spend my afternoons in the warm environs of Mesivta Ohr Naftoli in New Windsor, NY, where I am the principal of the secular studies

For four years of high school I was a talmid of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Monsey. During those years, the rosh yeshiva was one of

Do you know who really knows everything? The cab drivers in Eretz Yisrael. If you don’t believe me, just ask them. Actually, you don’t have

The other day I was sitting at my desk and wanted to grab a book that was just out of my reach. I stood up

While standing and davening at the Kotel Hama’aravi last week I was reminded of the following anecdote I had once heard: An elderly man was

One night a few weeks ago, one of our children had a cold and was coughing. Before they went to sleep I picked up the

Periodically, at a simcha, the waiter will give the guests a choice of what kind of soup they would like. When the waiter asks me