Hope you’re having a great day. … This coming Shabbos is my Mom’s yartzeit.  The anniversary of her passing. “Elisheva bas (daughter of) Dov Ber”. I wasn’t sure if I was going to send a Torah Minute in her honor. Many of you have read (more than once!) my tributes to her. How she inspired […]

Hope you’re having a great day. And before going on? Please register for next Tuesday’s “Living Life to Its fullest workshop”. And come away with the tools to help make your days even better!  www.torahnetwork.org/htm/regsiter.htm … This period in the Jewish calendar is known as the “three weeks”. A period of semi mourning leading up […]

Hope you’re having a great day. This is a follow up to my last Torah Minute about the miracle of water. Thanks to the many readers who let me know that they “did it”. That they made the blessing before enjoying a drink of water and were inspired. (I was particularly enjoyed hearing from my […]

Hope you’re having a great day. Wednesday night is Tisha B’av, the one day set aside in Jewish tradition for mourning. We try to connect to the suffering of Jews throughout history. To feel their pain as well as to be inspired by their strength. How despite what they went through, they held on to […]

Hope you’re having a great day. That you are keeping cool. And remembering to drink plenty of water. … Here’s something to think about when you have a simple glass of water. There’s a basic law of physics. The colder something is? The denser it becomes.  And the heavier it is. So in a swimming […]

Hope you’re having a great day. I recently heard a story that inspired me. And I thought to myself, “Torah Minute”! It’s not about a “great Rabbi” or a famous person. But about a person who should be famous! An “ordinary” Jewish woman who recently passed away. Ida and Moshe Schreiber caught the last ship […]

Hope you’re having a great day. If you read the Torah Minutes you’ve seen it many times. One of the most fundamental Jewish teachings. “Man is created in the Image of G-d”! There is something G-dly in every human being. And that entitles them to respect and dignity. What is this Divine Image? It means […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I’m sure you heard the news. President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. And if confirmed, besides being the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice? She would be the third woman to serve on the court. … All the talk about another woman on the court? […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Tuesday night is the holiday of Shavuos. The day that we received the Torah at Mount Sinai. And here’s one of my favorite stories. A very absent minded professor is driving together with a student. And the professor goes through a stop sign. The student notices, but […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … I was driving to synagogue the other day for morning services. Let’s just say… I wasn’t early! I was coming from a minor street and turning on to a major street. And they don’t give you too much time. In fact? Right after the light turns green? […]