Rebbetzin Gittel Kaplan expanded herself to include not just her children, not only her friends, but everyone, everywhere
‘T is the season. Coordinating Chanukah parties, 11-year-olds discovering that they’ve outgrown being excited about playing dreidel, and yes, of course, Chanukah presents. In general, Chanukah presents can cause divisiveness in our community. There’s a whole camp who refuses to do it at all (“It’s not a Yiddishe minhag!”), but even among those who
Our programs have gotten busier and the pressure “not to miss them” has become more urgent
I am writing this through tears. My rebbi, Rav Avrohom Turin ztz”l, has left us
Litvish, chassidish, or Sephardic. It made no difference to him. A Yid was a Yid, and was precious in his eyes
