A number of years ago, I was speaking to a student about a recent trip he had taken with his family to Eretz Yisroel. It
One of the most prized seforim that I have from my Zayde’s massive collection is a Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur machzor printed in Germany in 1840.
Have you ever looked at old pictures of yourself and thought about how different you are than the person in the picture? Life itself is
Cheshvan 27 is the yahrzeit of my Zaide, Rav Yaakov Meir Kohn, zt”l. Every year during the weeks before his yahrzeit, I take out the
When I was growing up there was hardly anything more exciting than receiving a package in the mail. We would open the package and admiringly
If the devious and biased journalists of CNN, BBC, NYT, AP and all of the other unbalanced news agencies were around in the time of
Part of the Chol Hamoed experience includes “back of hand stamps.” At many parks and recreational facilities, the policy is that if you need to
During one of the days of Chol Hamoed Succos a number of years ago, the weather outside was less than favorable so we took our
If we do it before Pesach with our chometz, could we do it before Yom Kippur with our sins? Authorization for Sale of Sins 1.
Sometime during the spring, my wife handed me a brand-new set of barbecue instruments she had just purchased so that I could tovel (immerse) them
One night this past summer, camp was graced with a performance from a professional balloonist/magician. He was not only spectacular, he was also very funny,
How many taxes are filed on the night of April 14? Just ask all the accountants who come to the Seder bleary eyed. And how
