We experience life through the medium of time. Each new moment brings with it new opportunities as we ascend through the journey of time. Amidst
About 20 years ago I arrived in Chicago’s O’Hare airport for my turnaround flight back to NYC. Entering the airport, I discovered that my flight
We just had a Shabbos guest who told us about her trip to Eretz Yisrael a few years ago. Security personnel at Ben Gurion Airport
As I write this article I am in the middle of a trip to Israel, a first for me in many ways, as it is
רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר כָּל הָעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה לִשְׁמָהּ, זוֹכֶה לִדְבָרִים הַרְבֵּה. וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁכָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ כְדַי הוּא לוֹ…וּמְגַדַּלְתּוֹ וּמְרוֹמַמְתּוֹ עַל כָּל הַמַּעֲשִׂים (ו:א) כָל
Reb Zushe Wilmowsky, zy”a, the legendary chasid, tireless spiritual builder and activist, was affectionately referred to by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as “mein partisan.” During the
Many of us are familiar with the Midrash that relays how God offered the Torah to the other nations of the world. Each nation inquired
A Baker’s Dozen Occurrences Who is Kedi? This sage is offered as an alternate attribution in several sugyot, such as Yevamot 90a: וְאָמַר רָבָא וְאָמְרִי
On February 17, 2001, my wife and I were married in Bais Faiga hall in Lakewood. (Lakewood is a city way down the Garden State
The above blessing is not in the Talmud or the Geonim. When did the practice of reciting it in shul when one’s son is age
Journal entries of Sarah, receptionist at the lobby of Minerals Hotel, May 15-17. Compiled by Nechama Bernstein Sunday, May 15 Dear Diary, I’ve had another
Mention “The Long and Winding Road” to most American Jews of my generation, and in all likelihood they will associate it with a song written
