A number of years ago, I was standing and davening at the Kosel Hama’aravi when I was reminded of the following anecdote I had once

Among the vast collection of jokes that I have heard from my father over the years is the following: There was once a British fellow,

It’s perhaps the most rabbinic word in the dictionary. If a person has aspirations to become a rabbi, aside from knowing halacha and how to

One morning this week one of my fellow rebbeim chided me for eating a Greek yogurt during breakfast. He wanted to know how I could

On one occasion Rav Lazer Shach, zt’l was not feeling well and slept past the early time of Kerias Shema (the z’man of the Magen

I once read that in the Inuit language there are well over 50 different words that describe snow. Following are just a few examples: tlapa

A few years ago, my wife and I spent some time vacationing on Cape Cod. During one of those days, we took a ferry to

Any preschool teacher has undoubtedly heard the comment dozens of times: “My Daddy is bigger than your Daddy.” Today, that comment may have changed a

The light fixture hanging in our kitchen when we first moved onto 3 Landau Lane was ancient. In fact, I think it was there before

It was one of those picture-perfect, beautiful spring mornings. I had davened at an early minyan that Shabbos morning in early May down the block

I’ll bet you never heard of ‘Shmatta Pizza’! It was the summer of 1988. My Aunt Miriam was traveling to Eretz Yisroel for the unveiling

One of the most exciting aspects of Yom Tov is the preparation during the days beforehand. Don’t get me wrong—I don’t like schlepping, shopping and