I am Pinchas and so are you
Who was Pinchas? Was he the fiery zealot, who by supporting an aging forgetful Moses carves out his own place in history, or was he merely stepping — unknowingly into a terrifying void, left...
View ArticleA Farbrengen with Moses
A Farbrengen with Moses These are the words that Moses spoke to his people on the other side of the Jordan, Mayayver Layarden.” Thus begins the fifth and final book of the Torah, a touching and...
View ArticleThe Blue Man Group hanging on the wall of the Waldorf Astoria
Saw this stunning painting over Shabbat in the stairway leading down to the shul in the stunning new Waldorf Astoria situated in the heart of Jerusalem and had to go back for another peek today and a...
View ArticleBack in the summer of ’69
Summer 1969. It was Shabbat Parshat Ekev. The Rebbe decided initially not to come down to Farbreng with the Chasidim that Shabbos. In the end, he changed his mind and did. While I can only speculate as...
View ArticleLast night the book thief stole my heart
When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back.” — Liesel Meminger I watched “The Book Thief” last night with three of my daughters. My thirteen year old twin daughters, might have been a bit...
View ArticleAll the Light We Cannot See
Just finished the book, All the Light We Cannot See. About a month ago, one of my aunts, visiting from New York borrowed it. Unbeknownst to her, I had only twenty pages left to the end. I found myself...
View ArticleHere Come the Rabbis: A countdown to the Kinnus.
A first in a series: Celebrating The vision of the Rebbe, and in tribute to the beloved worldwide family Shluchim,in advance of the upcoming annual International conference. Elijah on Mount Carmel and...
View ArticleThe Rabbis are coming
In Reading one of the Rebbes post holiday talks from 1968, addressing the Chasidim preparing to return home from abroad, after an uplifting holiday experience, you get a glimpse into a theological...
View ArticleA Chasid Grows in Brooklyn
Yesterday marked the day in 1951 that the Lubavitcher Rebbe of blessed memory formally became the seventh Rebbe of Chabad. Though he is no longer physically present, I believe that the ideas he shared...
View ArticleCelebrating Jewish –נס
Eight ideas heavy enough to last eight nights…but Light enough to make you smile. 1) Chanukah is my Happy – נס/ness Holiday 2) A time to celebrate the Miraculous – נס/ness of the oil that burned for...
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