The Talmudic discussion of the Chanukah story, beginning on Shabbos 21b, contains tremendous depth, elucidated by a range of meforshim. Derech B'Yam 
If your donor tells you to expect a smaller donation this time, what do you do? Can you negotiate? Before I had the privilege of guiding others in their fundraising, I spent over a decade raising funds for some incredible organizations. Alongside seeing lots of hatzlacha, I did bump into failure plenty of times along... Read more » 
Olami Resources is happy to present a series of free installments featuring Rabbi Avraham Edelstein’s important new book, The Human Challenge. This week we are sharing the second essay from Section One – A Purposeful Life – entitled, Freedom. ___________________ When we know our purpose, commitment is an engagement, not a constraint. PROGRESS AS A... Read more » 
Preface How wealthy can you become if you find a few gemstones that are worth millions? The true secret to wealth is in Avos 4:1, “To learn how to rejoice with your portions.” Thus you need to utilize every wealth story you hear or read about as a ‘Moshol’/analogy to show you can find a... Read more » 
We live in an era when new nations are constantly forming. New citizens and leaders of these nations are searching for the “perfect” economic system and government structure that will simultaneously meet the needs of the individual and those of society. During most of the last hundred years, serious people have debated about which economic... Read more » 
Rashaan Salaam, a former running back who won the Heisman Trophy in 1994, was found dead [last week] in Colorado. He was 42. Rashaan Salaam was a star athlete in high school at La Jolla Country 
We aim to help your Jewish nonprofit organizations keep up with the latest trends and methods used to help bring in additional funds and donations. It’s for that reason that we have written posts such as All You Need to Know About Google Grants for Nonprofits and Why Your Organization 
Do you consider yourself a market-maker and shaker in your niche or within your organization? I can tell you this – we had clients early on in the pandemic who wanted to do nothing when the pandemic hit – to hold their breaths and just wait. But we saw it as an opportunity – because... Read more » 
A birthday, the day a person celebrates the anniversary of his or her birth into the world, is commemorated in almost every culture, often with a party, gifts or other rites of passage. Although the actual birth of a child and the thirteenth birthday (for a boy, twelfth for a girl) are certainly causes for great joy in Judaism, the... Read more » 
Preface Avraham, our first Father lived for 175 years. His name means the Father of a multitude of nations, Breishis 17:5. Yitzchok, our second Father lived for 180 years. His name means ‘he will laugh,’ with the joy of success in many ways – prosperity, overcoming obstacles, happiness in this world and the World to... Read more » 
