Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Jewish tradition says we need to give people the benefit of the doubt. We need to judge them favorably. And I blew it! Big time! What happened? I was in synagogue for the evening prayers. We were about to begin the Amida, the silent prayer said while […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! … It’s not one of my favorite places to be. The Sprint phone store. But I was having trouble with my phone and needed to exchange it. And as I was sitting and waiting for my name to be called? I started thinking about all those electronic […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. It’s almost Chanukah! And there’s still time to make your most meaningful one. … We’ve all heard the story. The Greeks tried to destroy Judaism.  And impose Greek culture on the Jews. Torah scrolls were burned.  And Torah study became a capital offense. Observance of Shabbat and Kosher […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to share something from last week’s Lunch, Learn & Mitzva. We spoke about gossip and how bad Jewish tradition considers it. And we spoke about tools to help us improve. One tool I mentioned? Going out of our way to use our words for good things. […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … A couple took their eight year old daughter to a trendy restaurant. Hanging on the walls were sports and Hollywood memorabilia. And there was a picture of Clark Kent changing into Superman. Mom says to Dad, “Look at her.  She’s clueless.  She doesn’t know who Superman was.” […]

Hi, I recently saw something I wanted to share. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But sometimes we look so long at the closed door? That we don’t see the one that has opened.” … I think it’s a great approach to life. And a very Jewish approach. But when someone says something […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. And that your holidays were enjoyable and meaningful. … It was one of the most embarrassing things that ever happened to me. I shared it at the CTN Yom Kippur Service. And I wanted to share it with you. … Before the recent CTN dinner I went to […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I attended a Bar Mitzvah this past Shabbos. The boy is a Yeshiva day school student and was reading the entire Torah portion. And that’s no small feat for anyone. But this young man was presented with a very unique challenge. In the middle of the Torah reading? […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. …One more story about my nephew Yehudah! For various reasons, after the accident his kids didn’t see him for many weeks. And while my wife and I were inOttawavisiting? They were going to see him for the first time. It was obviously a very emotional time. And a […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … My wife and I just spent a week inOttawavisiting our nephew Yehudah. It was the first time we’ve seen him since the accident. And while it was far from our typical “vacation”? It was not only a change of pace. And not only a chance to visit […]