14 Mar REVITALIZING OUR DAVENING – PART FOUR
How exciting it is for me to be able to deepen my understanding of prayers and take you with me on my travels! In the mussar portion of the Chok...
08 Mar REVITALIZING OUR DAVENING – PART THREE
As I continue to take you with me on my journey of prayer discovery, let me share with you a sage idea from the Chachmei Chabad. In Krias Shema we say, “Va’avad’tem meheira,” (If we follow idolatry) we will...
28 Feb RAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN ZT”L ON HIS 37 TH YAHRTZEIT: A MODEL FOR ALL OF US, AS REMEMBERED BY A TALMUD
It is hard to believe that this Taanis Esther will already be the 37th yahrzeit of the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon, Rav Moshe Feinstein, Zt”l, Zy”a. There was a time that, when you said ‘Reb Moshe,’ everyone all over the globe instantly...
21 Feb REVITALIZING OUR DAVENING – PART ONE
I would like to take my dear readers on a personal journey. Let me explain. I’ve been reflecting lately upon a vital component to a successful life – and that is to daven to Hashem properly. After all,...
14 Feb SPENDING PRIVATE TIME WITH HASHEM
As we get further from the Sinai experience, our spirituality level decreases. This phenomenon is known as niskatnu hadoros, the generations become smaller. For this reason, no Talmudic authority known as an Amora ever disputed a Tanna, a Mishnaic authority....
07 Feb SUPER BOWL MUSINGS
They told me this morning at the Daf that Super Bowl Sunday is the busiest pizza day of the year. And 1.33 billion chicken wings will be consumed! As everyone gets ready for a gastronomic infusion, I...
07 Feb YISRO: UNDERSTANDING OUR RABBI
After the momentous events of the Exodus and the splitting of the Red Sea climaxing with the drowning of the nine million Egyptians who pursued the Bnei Yisroel, Yisro, Moshe Rabbeinu’s father in-law, came to the camp of...
31 Jan THE VALUE OF A HALLMARK CARD
I’d like to speak about the supreme importance of showing gratitude, Hakaros Hatov, in the course of our daily life. This is not a new concept to my educated reader- ship. For instance, we are taught often that...
24 Jan THE SECRET OF CHEIN
The great Rav Chatzkel Levenstein, zt”l, zy”a, made a very interesting observation about the saga in Egypt. He comments that the greatest miracle that occurred in Egypt was the fact that when we were ready to leave after 210...
17 Jan A POTPOURRI ABOUT PRAYER
We have a popular phrase, ‘Food For Thought.’ The Kuzari says that prayer is ‘Food for the Soul.’ He elaborates that just as we meet the needs of the body by eating three meals (breakfast, lunch, and...