Hi – I hope that you are having a great day. … I feel like this may be the most important Torah Minute yet! First, thanks to all of you who keep asking about my nephew Yehuda.  (As I am sure many of you remember, Yehuda was in a car accident and suffered very serious […]

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. It’s amazing how our perspective on things can change. My nephew Yehudah has a very long road ahead of him. Thank G-d, there have been some encouraging signs. Very small things.  But very important things. Like a little sensation where there was none before. But when it happens […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. This story is not about a great Rabbi or a famous person. It’s about an ordinary person that we can learn from. … A woman parked her car at a shopping center, and when her teenage son opened his door? It hit a shiny red Lexus SUV parked […]

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, I very much enjoy and appreciate Torah Minute feedback. It’s great to hear that someone was touched by it.  Inspired by it. And even changed by it. I got quite a few responses to the last one. About Rabbi Leibowitz being creative about washing the dishes. Despite his wife’s efforts to prevent it. Many […]

Hi, Hope all is well. Yesterday was a tough day for me and for my community. I attended the funeral of a twenty year old “boy”. Albert Bitton, of blessed memory, an army medic, was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb. … Albert Bitton loved people. Two friends eulogized him at the funeral. They […]

Hi, You might be wondering. Did Alan Dershowitz respond to my invitation for dinner? And my (chutzpa) suggestion that he pay for it? Yes. A one liner from his Blackberry. “I look forward to a good kosher meal”! What about paying for it? I would have to say that he was non committal! … If […]

Hi, Sometimes we just need to be reminded of things we know. And I can’t improve on my Torah Minute of last September 11th. It’s worth thinking about as Rosh Hashanah approaches. … Where were you when…? I think every generation has one major event. Something that changes our lives for ever. When I was […]