It had come time for Mr. F. to move into an assisted living facility. Since they were in need of space, someone called Mr. L.

Sanhedrin 5a, 23a If you can’t handle rejection, don’t become a salesperson and don’t become a process server. You might get cursed or attacked, and

One wintry night a few years ago, I was sitting at home when I began feeling cold. When I went to the thermostat to raise

The Jews of October 8 “Since October 7, we’ve been making Kiddush every week. No matter where we are or who is present, I will

This is a phrase that appears in the context of the plague on the first born. Here are verses 11:6-7: “There shall be a loud

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We are living in excruciating times as we witness Jewish history unfold and the hostage-ransom-deal play out. I have little light to shed on the

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Rav Judah Mischel tells the following story about the Lubavitcher Rebbe: In May 1957, the small fledgling community in Kfar Chabad—founded by Russian Lubavitcher immigrants—was

Two Jews in a train station were waiting on the platform for their scheduled journey. A “maskil” stood reading the daily newspaper, while his fellow