Jr. Feature
Which of us have had experience winnowing? When was the last time you used a weaving loom?
Down to a Science
Vegetables don’t make you cry? I’ll bet they would if you were chopping onions!
Story Time
Mariah wasn’t even sure why the words from the siddur spoke to her so much. She wasn’t Jewish, after all
Double Dance
"I was thinking that the family would be complete if you were a full-fledged Weiss”
Who Is Bavli?
“Buy pitah?” Bavli was incredulous. “I’ve never heard of such a thing. Maybe in the big cities.”
One Day Closer
Nothing is forever, my sponsor said. Just take it one day at a time. Don’t obsess about tomorrow. That’s way too big.
One Day Closer
Figuring that daf yomi was for the older generation of serious balabatim, I told myself that maybe I’d start doing the daf in my forties or fifties.
One Day Closer
”If you want the learning you do to really make an impact,” Rav Schorr told the men, “then take one daf and review it 101 times, just like Chazal tell us.’”
One Day Closer
I got curious. Mutti was an enigmatic fellow and I knew he wouldn’t give me any easy answers, so I blocked his path and demanded to know why he was always in such a rush to leave.
One Day Closer
Why did I have that niggling feeling that I was being held in an invisible chokehold? Wasn’t this just normal life?v
One Day Closer
I had just decided to keep Shabbos from now on, only to discover that my family had been invited to a pool party for the weekend. Uh, rain check, G-d?
