10 Jan Rebbetzin Weiss A”H
I prepared for The Rebbetzin’s levaya with my pockets full of tissues. I realized afterward that I had used hardly any of them, and neither had the people sitting near me....
Shabbos Times for Apr 19, 2024 | 11 Nisan, 5784 | Parshas Metzora | Candle Lighting Time: 11:42 PM | Havdalah (72 min): 1:12 AM
03 Jan The Crown of a Good Name
As we start the next chumash of Shmos, we study the painful birth of the Jewish people. The Torah introduces this saga with the preface, “V’eila shmos bnei Yisroel –...
27 Dec Some Midnight Reflections on the Loss of My Dear Rebbitzen Miriam Libby Weiss Zt”l Zy”a
As I sit on a low chair in my now empty bedroom on the night of my dear wifes levaya I am sharing with you these thoughts. As I am...
11 Dec The Chanukah Spirit
Each of our Jewish Holidays comes with a special message and has a distinct way that it impacts upon the life of every Jew. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur...
06 Dec A Contemporary Chanukah Message
The Torah reveals a fascinating understanding about the concept of time to us. Time is not - as most people assume - a continuous line. Rather, Hashem created one year...
28 Nov Our Most Powerful Weapon
The Medrash informs us of the two people who were the two wisest gentiles of all time. The first one we are very acquainted with. None other than the infamous Bilaam....
22 Nov Kristallnacht and 9/11
Recently, on November 9th was the 79th Anniversary of the infamous day known as Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass. In a very real way, that night was the...
14 Nov The All-Powerful Prayer of Mincha
What comes to your mind first when I mention Yitzchak Avinu, Yitzchak, our Patriarch? You’ll probably say, rightfully so, the Akeidas Yitzchak – when Yitzchak allowed himself to be offered...
06 Nov How Did Sarah Leave this World?
Without a question, one of the greatest women in the history of the world was Sarah Imeinu. The posuk testifies that when she was one hundred years old, she was...
23 Oct Watch Out for the Good Times
Let me ask you my dear reader, What is the common denominator between the generation of the flood, the townspeople of the great metropolis of S’dom and Amorah, and the...