Hi- … Hope you’re having a great day. Please allow a very personal note. Today is my Mom’s yartzeit.  The anniversary of her passing. “Elisheva bas (daughter of) Dov Ber”. And it’s because of her that I write Torah Minutes.  That I have any Torah to teach. She grew up at a time when most […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … As you probably know, I recently lost my older brother Reuven. I wanted to thank so many who reached out to me at this difficult time. Whether it was a card, a phone call, Shiva visit or a contribution in his memory? Each and every one […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to tell you about an incredible person who passed away last week. A great Rabbi, a great human being and an incredible role model. Rabbi Nason Tzvi Finkel of Jerusalem was born and bred in Chicago. He attended Ida Crown Jewish Academy and was a typical […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to tell you about an amazing letter. It was written by a woman I knew well, Sherry Dimarsky. Why am I sharing it now? Because today is the anniversary of her passing, her yartzait. And I hope it will inspire you. … Sherry was one […]

Hi, “Toulous, France”. There is probably no Jew in the world that doesn’t recognize it. And we all share the pain of the French Jewish community. We can’t imagine how Chava Sandler can go on with life. How she can survive the murder of her husband and two sons, ages 3 and 6. And we […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. This is an incredibly emotional week in Israel. And it should be for us as well. Before celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day? We remember the precious soldiers of the IDF who fell in battle. … You may recognize the name Professor Yisrael Aumann. He’s the Israeli Jew […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. This Torah Minute is about someone who has always been an important part of my life. My Uncle Jack Ratz. There was one thing about him that was unique in our family. My parents and my aunts and uncles were all born and raised in America. But Uncle […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to tell you about the amazing people of Zaka. … Like the wonderful members of the IDF who spent weeks in Haiti? The volunteers of Zaka should inspire us and make us proud. (You may have seen pictures of them inHaitisaying the Shabbat prayers in their […]

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 […]