Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! … We’ve all heard it.  And we know it’s true. “Two Jews, three opinions!” (And some say, four!) Jews have very strong opinions.  And hardly ever seem to agree. And inIsrael? Forget it! Two Jews? About 5,795,000 opinions! There’s almost nothing everyone agrees about inIsrael. But there’s […]

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. … I wanted to share an amazing experience with you. “One of those moments!” I saw a young man, Shlomo, in synagogue on Shabbat. And I said, “Good Shabbos Shlomo!  Nice hat!” He felt very good. “Thank you. “But I’m not going to wear my new hat tomorrow.  […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … As you probably know, I recently lost my older brother Reuven. I wanted to thank so many who reached out to me at this difficult time. Whether it was a card, a phone call, Shiva visit or a contribution in his memory? Each and every one […]

Hope you’re having a great day. … Here’s some food thought. Literally. As you may know, the East Coast was hit with a huge winter like storm last week. Thousands of people inNew Jerseyare still without power. But I wanted to share a very “powerful” story. It’s about a Chassidic Jew by the name of […]

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. … A friend of mine told me an amazing story. He was part of a group of American Jews visiting the formerSoviet Union. One of the places they visited was a summer camp for Russian Jewish teenagers. To no fault of their own, these kids are totally […]

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 – 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, 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 […]