Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. If you would see me now? You would say, “What happened to your finger?” Because it’s all bandaged up. … It was caught in a heavy door! And I know you just said… “Ouch! That must really hurt!  Sorry!  Feel better soon!” Thank you! It was extremely painful!  […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … It happens every once in a while. An “ordinary person” inspires me by doing something great. And I wanted to tell you about such a person. A friend of mine told me that his parents were about to mark a special anniversary. Sixty five years! It’s […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … I enjoy shopping at Trader Joe’s. Great quality and prices.  Many kosher products. And an efficient and friendly staff. But I recently came home with a real bargain. A reminder of something that I should really never forget. What happened? I noticed my cashier interacting with […]

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. The Super Bowl is behind us! And pretty soon the game will be forgotten. But there are some people really hoping that something will be remembered. Advertisers! The people who spent 3.5 million dollars for 30 seconds. That’s around $117,000 per second! As one expert put it? “It’s […]

Hope you’re having a great day. You hear alot of talk these days about car brakes. … A driver gets pulled over by a policeman. “Didn’t you see that stop sign?  You went right through it!”  The driver thinks quickly and says, “You know officer, sometimes those Toyota brakes just fail.” “Nice try buddy, but […]

Hi, Hope you you’re having a great day. … Human beings are capable of having more than one emotion at the same time. We need to be pained by the indescribable destruction and suffering in Haiti. And at the same time, as Jews? We should feel incredibly proud to be Jewish. … Its one of […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. The Torah Minute is starting its 6th year. And how old is the Torah? Jewish tradition says approximately 3300 years. The Exodus took place around 1300 B.C.E. and we went on to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah. Secular historians who don’t accept Jewish tradition? Many have been […]

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. … I noticed something at the bottom of an e-mail recently. I had seen it before. But I don’t think I gave it much thought. But Yom Kippur is coming, so I look at things differently. I look for things that can help me improve. What did it […]