It was then that I got a call asking if I‘d take on the job of writing a biography on Rav Nota Greenblatt
You and me both, Libby thought, eyeing her brother-in-law in disgust. You and me both
That’s how helicopter parents have daughters who are free-range parents and granddaughters who are back to helicoptering
Filling one’s mind with calming, positive thoughts in the daytime is essential to sleeping peacefully at night
Even the smallest and seemingly insignificant possession is a matnas Elokim and must be treated as such
The Alsace vineland — ping-ponged between France and Germany for hundreds of years — is proof that a Yid says l’chayim no matter what comes his way
“Alcoholism and problematic drinking is not a shalom bayis issue. It cannot be resolved in an evenhanded discussion with a rav or a couple’s therapist”
The Torah is describing something even deeper. At that moment, each of them was thinking of the other
“Ladies, now comes the fun part. Why did you come today? What are your dreams for Chesed Tzirel?”