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! Jews all over the world just celebrated Purim. And we read the Book of Esther, the Megillah. There’s something very strange about the Book. It doesn’t mention G-d.  Not even once. Because the Megillah talks about a different kind of miracle. No splitting of the sea like […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … I wanted to share an amazing experience with you. We just returned from visiting our nephew Yehudah (and niece Shaindel) inOttawa. As you may remember, Yehudah suffered serious spinal injury in a car accident. We last saw him in the summer of 2010, shortly after the […]

Hi, I hope you’re having a great day. Thanks to all of you who offered prayers and good wishes for my nephew! The huge number of people all over the world praying for Yehudah is amazing! And is a tremendous source of encouragement to him and the family. We are very grateful that everyone came […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. Whether we have ever met or not, I consider you “family”.  So I am sharing this with you. … You may have seen it on the national news. “A very serious traffic accident involving a Canadian Jewish family.  The driver swerved to avoid a deer and crashed into […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. Sunday was a nice day, but quite hot. And I was out jogging. I met a friend who said to me … “Rabbi!  How do you do it in such hot weather?” I wasn’t able to get into a philosophical discussion then. But here it is. Why do […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … More about Barry Shore. The amazing man who suddenly became a quadriplegic and heroically bounced back. I hope you think of him when you see “www” on your computer. “What a Wonderful World!” … Barry had a pet project before he got sick. He gave out “smiling” […]

Hope you’re having a great day. … Now that Thanksgiving is behind us? There are two things we need to do. Lose those extra pounds we may have gained! And make sure that we don’t wait until next year to be thankful! I just read about an amazing person who can make the second much […]

Hi, Hope you have had a great summer! … You may remember one of the disappointing moments in the recent Olympics. A member of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team slipped and fell off the balance beam. And that cost them a gold medal. People wondered how a star athlete could mess up like that. And […]

Hi, I’m assuming that the last thing you want to hear about is the Super Bowl! So here’s something else. … I went to the doctor yesterday. They have this new, state of the art, “super secure” computer system. All your records in one place. “At your fingertips”. While I was waiting for the doctor, […]