Talk to Me
Picture the scene: You’re standing in a supermarket checkout line behind a toddler clinging on to his mother’s hand. Most youngsters feel like prisoners in a sweet shop at the checkout line because they are surrounded by all manner of…
Are you wise?!
A Jew was riding on a train travelling through Russia. Seated next to him was a soldier of the Czar quietly boiling and seething with deep hatred toward the Jew. In one moment he let loose his anger to the…
Parasha Insights
MimaamakimKeraticha Hashem. “Out of the depths I cry to you, Hashem” …. Psalm 130:1 There is a story about a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away from home, and his father set out to find him. The father…
Blessings One Thousands Times!
Attending big events can be exceptional. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, you want to make sure that the whole world shares in your enthusiasm and feelings. How can you express sentiment to them? If only they…
The Attitude of Gratitude Part 2
In the last article I wrote for TAL, I described an issue which is at the heart of being a Jew: the attitude of gratitude. Our very name, Yehudim – Jews, means “those who thank”. An examination of our siddur (prayer…
