Hi,   Hope you’re having a great day.   …   The Presidents Day holiday reminded me of something Abraham Lincoln once said. “I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me.  And I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” … Modeh Ani.  A very short but very meaningful [...]

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! 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 … You may have heard this very Jewish parable. It’s about lashon harah.  Gossip. A man felt sorry for all the gossip he had spread. He went to his Rabbi and asked what he had to do in order to get a clean slate. The Rabbi didn’t [...]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … You may not have heard about it. Because there was a “happy ending”. But there was a huge scare Sunday evening (Chicagotime) atBenGurionAirport. Shortly after take off, the El Al pilot noticed a problem with the landing gear. A decision was made to return to Ben [...]

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. … There’s something we don’t think about that often. But we probably did yesterday. Wind. Because most of us were hit by a storm with extremely high winds. And many people even lost their electricity. But the truth is there’s wind every day. And we should think [...]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … This is a story that was not in the national news. But I think it should have been. Dr. Daniel Clair is chair of the vascular surgery department at the Cleveland Clinic. An incredibly busy person, He recently flew 6000 miles to operate on a patient. To [...]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. I heard a very interesting news report yesterday. Unfortunately, there are still many people without power since the most recent storm. People were asked how they’re managing. And in one suburb that was very hard hit? This fellow said that he was fortunate.  He actually had power. [...]