by Rabbi Paysach Krohn | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
The following is one of the most remarkable stories I have ever heard. It is especially striking because of the era in which it occurred – our own time! Nowadays, we often hear people described as self-centered and selfish products of the “Me...
by Rabbi Binny Freedman | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Friday; Erev Shabbat: Her eyes, I think, will stay with me forever. Imploring, beseeching, full of so much sadness. I think the shock of where and how she was, was sinking in. I can’t begin to describe all that was in those eyes. Yesterday; Thursday, August 9th...
by Rabbi Berel Wein | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
My wife and I were privileged last week to accompany one of our granddaughters to the chupah at her wedding. Although I usually refrain from writing about personal affairs in this column, I am taking this opportunity to write about the significance of that moment for...
by Eric Simon | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Alex Rodriguez, a 25-year old ball player known as “A-Rod”, recently signed the largest sports contract in history Â- worth over a quarter-billion dollars. Predictably, yet wonderfully, this has caused many to engage in some thought about what this says...
by Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
“I never worked with anyone before who wore a kapota [the long black coat worn by some very Orthodox, or Haredi, Jews], and I certainly never shared a bag of bisli with anyone like that. Though we live in the same city, we live in two different worlds,”...
