M'SheNichnas Adar Marbin B'Simcha
02/22/2023 10:37:32 AM
Feb22
M’SheNichnas Adar Marbin B’Simcha -”When the Month of Adar arrives, we are abundantly happy. ” The Talmud (T.B. Taanis 29b) informs us that when the month of Adar arrives, we should increase and be abundantly happy.
Read more... The Portrait
02/16/2023 10:47:04 AM
Feb16
”I will not allow that picture to be hung in my home.” This proclamation was heard for years from the mouth of Baila Kleinbaum.
Read more... Happy New Year to the Trees
02/08/2023 04:49:50 PM
Feb8
Today is considered the first day of the year in calculating the age of a tree concerning certain specific halachos (Oral, Teruma, Maaseros), which for the most part are applicable (at least on a Torah level) only in the Land of Israel.
Read more... Miracle of Miracles
02/02/2023 11:06:29 AM
Feb2
It was Sunday, December 4, 2022. I am generally not a Manhattan person. I prefer to stay close to home in Passaic. It took a lot to get me to agree to travel to the City for an encounter...
Read more... Up, Up and Away
01/26/2023 02:34:28 PM
Jan26
I am writing to you from 30,000 feet (is that correct?) over the Earth. I am on my way to Memphis, Tennessee. I have never been there before, so I’m very excited!
Read more... In Memory of Rabbi Mendel Cohen ZT"L
01/19/2023 12:41:38 PM
Jan19
The phone rang, and the caller said, "Hello, Rebbe. Is that you?"
"I'm sorry; who am I speaking to?"
"Rebbe, it's me, Yanky!"
Maybe it's...Read more...
My Mom and MLK
01/17/2023 10:35:59 AM
Jan17
Today is MLK Day.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, It is a federal holiday in the United States marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968). It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King's actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday).
MLK was a man who respected Jews and admired the State of Israel. He said, "Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all of our might to...Read more...
The Zaidy
01/05/2023 11:51:44 AM
Jan5
It all began with a text message from Rabbi Zvi Lampel. His daughter and son-in-law were now proud parents as they had a baby boy. I quickly contacted my good friend and Rebbe, HaRav Yaakov Bender, the newborn's great-grandfather.
Read more... Books in Translation
01/04/2023 03:14:24 PM
Jan4
In the Selichos we recited yesterday, we mentioned another tragedy that occurred on the eighth of Teves. And because of this tragedy, we fast as well. What happened on the eighth Teves?
Read more... The Best Chanukah Story in the World
12/26/2022 12:45:42 PM
Dec26
Today as I walking around Yerushalayim I passed a father with three beautiful Jewish children. His children were asking him/ to buy donuts for them for Chanukah, however, at 15 Shekes each (about four dollars) the father explained they were too expensive.
Read more... Kings Plaza, Kazoo and Khanuka
12/22/2022 11:57:31 AM
Dec22
It was Thursday, December 7, 1972, the seventh day of Chanukah. That night would be Zos Chanukah. Seeing all eight candles lit at once was greatly anticipated and awaited.
Read more... Protecting the Land and the People
12/21/2022 07:55:14 PM
Dec21
Yesterday, I had the privilege of visiting Chevron, the city of the Avon and the Imahos- The Patriarchs and the Matriarchs. As I entered this place of Kedusha which was packed with young women in heartfelt prayer to find their soul-mate…
Read more... Yerushalayim
12/19/2022 01:48:20 PM
Dec19
This morning I was privileged to do something that even Moshe Rabbeinu was not Zocheh to fulfill. I davened Vasikin at the Churva Shul just a few hundred yards from where the Beis HaMikdash stood.
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Hatred
12/16/2022 11:06:20 AM
Dec16
This Vort is being written at 2:35 AM of Friday morning. It is to prove to the world that there are things which can be done when you have jet lag!
Read more... Happy Chanukah!!
12/15/2022 02:59:20 PM
Dec15
Chanukah is a time for learning Torah, family get-togethers, and lighting the Chanukah lights in the best Halachik way possible. Now you tell me, where is the best place on the planet Earth to fulfill all three of those goals?
Read more... The Mitzvah Hands
12/08/2022 12:33:13 PM
Dec8
When the mother of the new baby boy asked if I would say a few words at the upcoming Bris of her baby, I was overjoyed.
Read more... Vayeitzei
12/08/2022 12:20:45 PM
Dec8
“And Yakov awakened from his sleep and said, 'Indeed, Hashem is in this place, and I did not know.'” (Bereishis 28:16)
Read more... Gavi
11/28/2022 09:44:58 PM
Nov28
Gavriel Weltsch is, in many ways, your typical third-grader. He can be found playing hockey in the lobby with other boys his age and sharing with his sisters the pecklach they collected on Simchas Torah.
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Ninety Four Years Ago This Week
11/17/2022 02:57:48 PM
Nov17
I present to you a column that appeared in the Passaic Daily News this week 94 years ago.
Read more... When Less is More
11/16/2022 03:02:00 PM
Nov16
Bereishis 21:6 And Sarah said, 'G-d has made joy for me; whoever hears will rejoice with me.'
Read more... Beryl and Lenny
11/14/2022 01:26:30 PM
Nov14
It was a damp, cold November Shabbos morning. Beryl (Barry) Fliegelman dressed and walked down the three flights of his Bronx apartment Walton Ave with his mother.
Read more... Kristallnacht
11/10/2022 11:43:25 AM
Nov10
I sat in rapt attention as I listened to the brutally honest debunking of the delusional idea that the German people had morphed into a moral, ethical people.It was that night that turned me into a Talmid of Rav Schwab.
Read more... The Sensitive Man
11/10/2022 11:26:36 AM
Nov10
“I consider it an extreme obligation to be careful never to cause unpleasantness to any human being, even for one minute.”
Read more... The Election
11/03/2022 03:14:39 PM
Nov3
Now that the dust has settled, it seems certain that Bib Netanyahu is poised to resume the position as Prime Minister in the new government.....
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
10/26/2022 02:53:20 PM
Oct26
While most of us are relaxing and enjoying our comfortable Succahs, these Yidden have to make do with the minimal requirements of Chazal.
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