09 Aug FROM MOURNING TO MORNING
“Nachamu, Nachamu Ami – Be comforted, be comforted My people.” (Yeshayahu 40:1, Haftorah for Parshas Nachamu) The Nine Days and Tisha B’Av are behind us. Was it only a week ago that...
“Nachamu, Nachamu Ami – Be comforted, be comforted My people.” (Yeshayahu 40:1, Haftorah for Parshas Nachamu) The Nine Days and Tisha B’Av are behind us. Was it only a week ago that...
INGREDIENTS: 3 -4 lb second cut brisket or deckle 1 1/2 cups water 2 tsp seasoned salt 2 tsp garlic powder 1 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar 1 cup ketchup 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup honey 2 tbsp...
This past Sunday, Pete Alonso registered his 94th and 95th RBIs, extending his National League lead and pulling him within two of Yankees out elder Aaron Judge for the most in MLB. In the ve-game series against the...
The role of a caretaker is certainly not one that we ask for. Surely, it is a very daunting and challenging responsibility. At the same time it is a sublime...
This year Tisha B’Av is nidcheh—it is postponed from Shabbos to Sunday, the Tenth of Av. When do the various prohibitions of the Three Weeks end this year? Normally, all restrictions...
“May G-d, the Lord of your fathers, add a thousandfold more like you and bless you, as He spoke to you.” (Devarim 1:11) The Jewish people, Rashi informs us, were not...
I. The Call-Out One of the features of social media behavior, one of the ways it allows people to protest injustice, is through something named a “call out.” I would like...
Willpower. A woman is leaving her multimillion -dollar mansion in Beverly Hills when a poor man approaches her and cries, "Oh ma'am, I haven't eaten in three days." To which the woman responds: "I am so envious of you;...
The Gemara in Masechet Kiddushin (32ha-b) brings Rav Yosef’s ruling that a Rabbi is allowed to forego on the honor owed to him by virtue of his Torah scholarship. Rav Yosef reached this conclusion on the...