26 Sep Creating a To-Do-Better List
As we make our final herculean effort for a seal of good life for the coming year, here are a few suggestions. They are based upon three principles. The first...
Shabbos Times for Jan 24, 2025 | 24 Tevet, 5785 | Parshas Vaera | Candle Lighting Time: 4:46 PM | Havdalah (72 min): 6:16 PM
17 Sep DON’T PROCRASTINATE FORGIVENESS
One of the ways we get ready for Rosh Hashanah is with the saying of selichos. Starting with the early 1 a.m. selichos last motzoei Shabbos and then the challenging...
13 Sep The Call of the Shofar
Every morning in Elul, we hear the piercing sound of the shofar. It is a reminder to get cracking in preparation for the Day of Judgment. For many of us,...
06 Sep I Want to Daven
Recently, on a Monday morning while I was davening, my mind drifted off to how I had a lot on my plate to do that morning. With a feeling of...
15 Aug A Thought About Aleinu
One of the most important prayers that we say daily is Aleinu. It is so prestigious that we say it while standing. Its authorship is shared. The first paragraph was...
08 Aug What Is The Most Challenging Mitzvah?
Let me ask you a philosophical question. What is the hardest mitzvah in the Torah? The most difficult and challenging to fulfill? The Pirkei d’Rebbe Eliezer says that the hardest...
02 Aug Some Dating Tips from the Torah
We all know that the first official shaddchan in the Torah was Eliezer, the servant of Avraham. We also know that he wrote the script beforehand, praying to Hashem that...
25 Jul The Incredible Powers of the Yeitzer Hara
In Chumash Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu recounts the sad story of the meraglim, spies, which led to the tragic death of an entire generation and was the catalyst for all the...