With the conviction that we are nothing, we declare Him King
An amazing true story that shows how important it is to ask for mechilah
Jewish life is music-coded. By music alone we can tell what day it is and what we are learning
The troublesome two faced each other, fists clenched — but were distracted by Jolly Solly’s voice nearby
He wasn’t sure what he had done today to annoy Libby, but it was very possible the answer was “breathing”
A mesorah from the Brisker Rav that any extra time on Yom Kippur should be devoted to saying Tehillim
Three women share how they cried out to Him… and felt His presence
Put differently, true mesirus nefesh is not self-reduction; it is self-expansion, an opportunity to push oneself beyond the limits one assumes for oneself.
“So… the boy I thought I killed because of my creation survived after all.” Shabsi stared at Sylvester
His compositions — youthful and earnest, sincere but not overly-intense — were perfectly suited to the young voices of a boys’ choir