Elephants are pretty powerful creatures. They can weigh as much as 12 tons, and stand as high as thirteen feet tall. Their trunks are strong enough to rip branches off of a tree. But despite their enormous power, elephants can…
Winter had settled in, and storms were conjuring up, but the family of four had to make their way to an urgent appointment hundreds of miles away. In those days the only way of travel for such a family was…
As we approach Yom Kippur and the sealing of our destiny for the coming year, there is a sense some people have of impending doom. “I haven’t been that great this year”, “I botched up this year”, and “boy am…
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’ is a well-known English idiom. But what is Judaism’s perspective on this? I think it’s remarkable that arguably the holiest day of the Jewish calendar begins with…
Rambam (Hilchot Teshuvah 3) writes: “Although the sounding of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah is a Divine decree [which is accepted without our having to understand its reason], nevertheless, we can discern a purpose in doing so. It is as…
הצב”י אסף פורטל ס”ט והחתן עמד בפתח מחייך”… החגים הנפלאים שלנו צבעוניים הם. זוהרים בססגוניותם. סעודת ליל ראש השנה על שלל סימניה הטובים: תפוח בדבש- לשנה טובה ומתוקה. גרגירי הרימון האדמדמים- לריבוי זכויות ומצוות. ראש הדג- שנהיה לראש. וחג…
After a big storm, thousands of starfish had washed up on a secluded beach. One day, a man was walking down the beach and saw a stranger picking up one starfish at a time and throwing them back into the…
