Name: Gregory Paul Bird Born: November 9, 1992 (age 25) in Memphis, Tennessee Position:First baseman Height: 6’ 3” Weight: 220 lbs Debut: 8/13/2015 How are you feeling these days? Great. Both physically & mentally, I’m feeling...
WHAT IS FREEDOM? I. FREEDOM OF THE WILL Pesach is the holiday of freedom, when God redeemed us from slavery. But has that freedom continued with us, even after we...
The Torah teaches us in Vayikra, Perek Heh, posuk chof gimmel that one is required to return a stolen object. A person who has stolen something that is not his,...
Last week, I reminisced with you about my courtship with my Rebbetzin. Let me share with you how one of the Gedolei Yisroel played a pivotal role in our eventual...
INGREDIENTS: 1/2 lb. matza farfel 1/2 c oil 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 stick butter/margarine 1/2 c water 1/2 c chopped almonds 1 tsp cinnamon Craisins to taste Chocolate chips to taste Cut up dried fruit to taste Melt butter/margarine with oil,...
Laws about gun control serve as perpetual fuel for political debates. However, everyone agrees that some people should carry guns in some circumstances. Whether police officers or soldiers, on duty...
Let me share with you how it all started between Miriam Libby and me. My Hebrew birthday is the 12th of Av. On my 21st birthday I went to my...
The Tur in Orach Chaim, siman resh samech zayin tells us that when we daven Maariv on Shabbos we don’t finish the bracha of Hashkiveinu with the words of Shomer...
INGREDIENTS: Five apples sliced - any variety- I like to mix Granny Smith and Macintosh 1 cup orange juice Five eggs Quarter cup oil Three-quarter cup sugar Cinnamon Quarter teaspoon vanilla 1 cup matza meal Apple kugel is a...
Last week, we pondered the question of why the sages chose to call the megillah Megillas Esther instead of Megillas Mordechai v’Esther or Megillas Purim. An interesting reason for the choice of this name...