Encounters
On the Zoom screen, I could see my mother start to cry. “You were being destroyed, Gershon,” she said softly. “I had to get you out of the situation. I know it hurt you, and I’m sorry.”
Shul with a View
The father realized that his nine-year-old daughter was not robotically mimicking the motions taught to her by her morah. His daughter fully understood every word.
Cut ‘n Paste
“It is not up to you to finish the job… but neither are you free to disengage from it”
Double Take
I was doing a favor for a neighbor in crisis — so why was I the target of so much resentment?
Second Thoughts
The focus here is not on the mitzvah of giving, but on what giving can do for you