Perspective

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Just Plain Chutzpah  

“Only what HaKadosh Baruch Hu says about me is important, anything else is absolutely insignificant”

In Sights

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Through Lenses of Love

Afterward, the Rosh Yeshivah quietly explained the reason for his determination not to use the machine

In Sights

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

A Pivotal 15-Minute Encounter 

One brief encounter with one of the great poskim of our generation

Perspective

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tefillah’ed Out 

Is it burnout, or something else? Or are we just all “tefillah’ed out”? I am afraid it is something else completely

In Sights

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Sar Hachinuch

The man’s identity would remain a mystery until several years later

In Sights

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

No Questions on a Gadol

“The answer is: He was an adam gadol, and on an adam gadol we don’t ask any questions!”

In Sights

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A Tefillah and an Admission

There was one unforgettable interaction I had with Rav Mattisyahu Salomon ztz”l that I’d like to share

In Sights

Tuesday, January 09, 2024

In Full Control

That night’s events, and the lesson I learned, have stayed with me for more than 50 years as well

In Sights

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

In Sights: Issue 991      

Our gedolim have refined their hakaras hatov to a level that spans generations and generates limitless opportunities for growth

In Sights

Tuesday, December 05, 2023

In Sights: Issue 989

Closeup tales of greatness

In Sights

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

In Sights: Issue 986

Mortified, I realized I had recorded this entire, very personal conversation