Sukkot Shakedown
Let’s try something a little different: Meditation. Don’t worry, I’m not going to ask you go sit cross-legged on a mountain top…
Build Your Sukkah
After the fast of Yom Kippur ended, Tzipah and I took a walk to buy some milk for our kids’ cereal the…
Finding Good Things
The story is told of an aspiring young yeshiva student, who approached his rabbi and mentor to inform him that he was…
Unexamined Life
The Unexamined Life By DANIEL EPSTEIN ’06 Everyone gets a certain amount of days off per year. Generally we want to try…
Getting Answers
Here are two interesting stories which the Rebbe wrote in his diary in 1935. One time, the Maggid of Mezritch summoned Reb…
What Type of Witness Are You?
I recall an occasion that we hosted a Sheva Brachot in our home. A Sheva Brachot is one of seven traditional celebratory…
Is It Okay to Lie?
This week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, contains a famous verse: “Justice, justice, you shall pursue.” Today, I would like to pose to you…
Touring the Holy Land
A week or so ago I was speaking to Rabbi Robert Pilavin of New Jersey about his congregation’s upcoming trip to Israel. Some…
Tu B’Av Rebuilding
The Talmud states that, “The greatest days for the Jewish people were Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur.” We all know of the…
Dandelions
Here is a quick list of the many similarities between dandelions and Mitzvahs, if you can think of anymore please comment below:…
