
My job is to forgive them all, to understand them all

Darshah tzemer u’fishtim — she seeks wool and linen. Why is she out searching for fibers to spin?
My main reading for Tishah B’Av afternoon: Frieda Bassman’s memoir Miracles

True tales from the corners of our world

For more than seven decades, Rav Yoel (Yoelish) Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rav, built and rebuilt again and again

“You note that not only is your strategy not working, but the behavior is actually getting worse!”

Whether we like it or not, we’ve been dragged from our complacency onto a higher plane of existence

“If the call came to us, then Hashem is sending us a message. He wants us to get involved”

The past few weeks, the people of Israel have been living with constant tension — but they’re also a nation on vacation

“It’s no surprise when a woman becomes her husband’s mashgiach — in essence, that was what she was taught to be”

Estee wondered if it was strange how much she enjoyed her mother in-law’s company