Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. (And if you have been effected by the storm? I hope things improve very quickly.) … Today is Halloween. Not usually a topic for a Torah Minute. But I wanted to share something I think all Jews should think about today. And be proud of. It was something […]

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. 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 […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! … It’s not one of my favorite places to be. The Sprint phone store. But I was having trouble with my phone and needed to exchange it. And as I was sitting and waiting for my name to be called? I started thinking about all those electronic […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to share something from last week’s Lunch, Learn & Mitzva. We spoke about gossip and how bad Jewish tradition considers it. And we spoke about tools to help us improve. One tool I mentioned? Going out of our way to use our words for good things. […]

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! … This is a follow up to the last Torah Minute. We spoke about how we need to do kindness with truth. To make sure that it doesn’t just make us feel good. But that it really helps the other person. And I told you about the yeshiva high […]

Hi, That’s right. Rosh Hashanah is approaching! This is the time of the year that Jews try to improve themselves. And right up there on the list of things to work on? Chessed.  Acts of kindness! We need to be more sensitive to the needs of others. And not only respond to their needs. But […]

Hi, I wanted to share a “symphony moment” with you. I went to the eye doctor last week, and was schmoozing with the receptionist. She told me that they have patients from all over the Jewish community. And we started playing Jewish geography. “You may know this one and that one”. Then she said, ‘You […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to share another wonderful piece of Torah Minute feedback. I recently wrote a tribute to my Dad. “One of my earliest memories is driving in the car with my Dad.  At every intersection, he would stop and wave the people on.  With a smile!  I try […]