Hurt His Feelings
The name of Reb Berke Chein, who passed away in Israel in 1990, is loved and revered throughout the world of Chabad.…
A Novel Interpretation
Shalom Aleichem! Mazel tov to 2005 alumni Gavi & Tali (nee Silber) Hoffman on the birth of their daughter Yakira Gila. Mazel…
Elevated Spirits
Shalom Aleichem! Mazel tov to Menachem & Batzione Brody on the birth of their first child, Esther Miriam. Mazel tov to the…
Giant Sequoia Tree
Shalom Aleichem! My friend Rabbi Yehudah Blesofsky lost his wife a few months ago; early Thursday morning, his daughter gave birth to a baby…
Recognizable
Shalom Aleichem! I’m in a great mood and I hope you are, too! The PediSukkah (Sukkah on a bike!) was a big…
Dirt On Your Boots
I’m excited for the holiday of Sukkot, which begins tonight. I’m looking forward to enjoying meals and conversation in the Sukkah with…
A Yom Kippur Blessing
It was the custom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to bless the people in his synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur. As…
Figs in the Basket
Some of you may know that I have a fig tree in my backyard. In fact, I wrote about it in one of these…
The Strange Garden
I want to tell you about something that really irks me. You see, at the end of my block is a garden.…
Your Nose Is A Triangle
Shalom Aleichem! One day this past week, out of the blue, my five-year-old son Sruli looked at me and said, “Your nose…
