Perspective

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

All We Have Is Hers

Tribute

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Fueled by Fire 

With a burning sense of mission, Rav Elya Meir Bloch resurrected Telshe yeshivah in America's spiritual wasteland

Impressions

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Saying Goodbye to Ima 

Every year, as her yahrtzeit on 10 Iyar nears, I’m grateful again for our last goodbye

Cut ‘n Paste

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Time Is of the Essence

To utilize time wisely and avoid wasting time, one must have a schedule, or as my mother called it, a “tochnit”

The Gift of Forgiveness

Sunday, September 05, 2021

To Tell the Truth     

My mother asked me to give Mindy my bag of sweets, but I adamantly refused

Always on Me

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Letters of Love 

Is there something you always carry on you, even if it’s seen better days?

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Kepeidos   

I felt happy that my love for my daughter was strong enough to break down all my bad middos with one blow

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Wednesday, December 02, 2020

A Bochur in Ponevezh

I tried, I really tried, but in my heart I knew I could only find happiness in Ponevezh

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Travel Tales

“Rabbi,” the man responded, “if a rabbi asks, first you give. Questions can be asked later”

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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Healing Moments in a Cancer Ward

I felt an overwhelming pity for him — a Jew so lost without Torah

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The Call of a Joyful Spring  

 "I had never heard the kol Torah before, and I didn’t really understand what it was. But I knew that it filled me up"