Most people when they hear the word ‘myth’ they automatically assume that we dealing with ‘fake-facts’ as opposed to objective truths. Wikipedia’s definition: “A myth is any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical, though often supernatural
As I write these words we are about one hour away from an amazing journey in the history of our people and of the entire United States of America. In about one hour Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the Unites States of America. This was certainly not how many people predicted January 20, 2017 would look
When I awoke this morning at 4 AM I finally allowed myself the ‘luxury’ of doing that which I had ‘religiously' denied myself the entire evening, namely, to find out who won? I decided that until I awoke there was no reason to inquire as to how it was going since as Yogi Berra said, “It ain't over till it's over.” As the words
Unbeknownst to me – my email ‘server’ (I really don't know what my server does; I know in a restaurant he/she brings me my food – perhaps on the computer ‘it’ brings me my mail?) – was ‘down.' Initially, since I wasn’t receiving any emails, I thought that everyone had figured out their issues on their own and I was no longer
There are many mysterious and cryptic passages found in the writings of our great sages. Perhaps one of the more obscure and puzzling of all is found in last week's Torah reading. We read that Korach and his cohorts accused Moshe of misappropriating his authority over the
A pilgrimage to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital is a prerequisite for anyone considering a career which involves chesed. On second thought, it is a prerequisite to being a compassionate human being. If you are looking for a model of compassionate care and
It was Friday afternoon May 25, 1979 and I was returning home from Yeshiva for Shabbos. It was one of the latest candle lightings of the year and there was time to hear the news before Shabbos began. The opening story on the evening news was 
Interestingly enough, the first passuk in Parshas Vayechi informs us that Yaakov Avinu ‘lived’ in the land of Mitzrayim for 17 years. The Meshech Chochma, Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), points out very insightfully (as he always does) that 
In the Chareidi Jewish world, there are too few women “Gedolos” (larger than life individuals). The reason is obvious since a woman is generally in the background in accordance with the verse in Tehillim (45:14), “All honor [awaits] the King's daughter who is within.” Therefore, most great Jewish women are private individuals whose greatness is seen by very few outside the 
He was born and bred in Tel Aviv a mile from the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv where Yossele Rosenblatt once packed the shul to the rafters and where great Talmedei Chochomim once gave droshos to standing-room-only crowds. Nowadays, the shul hardly has two minyanim of men and a handful of women who 
