Blast from the Past
At 101, Yaakov Aharoni is the last surviving shofar blower of an era when sounding the shofar at the Western Wall meant almost certain incarceration by the British
The Many Layers of Baruch Atah
It is the most widely used — and also the most widely mangled and least understood brachah
Growth Curve: Chapter 5
Some were bleary-eyed and half asleep, but all the guys who’d completed the monthlong Friday learning program were there. It was really happening
Baby Teeth
That got me kind of nervous. Because if Mimi’s teeth can just fall out, could my eyeball fall out? Could my arm fall off?
Toby’s Story
I knew they didn’t align with my values — but I wanted the client
“Who Are the Objects of Limerence?”
A person with limerent tendencies can make anyone the object of their obsession
Within My Walls: Chapter 22
“Hurrem Sultan told me she would find me a match. And I want to know if you would look in the stars and see if that will come to pass”
Perel’s Garden
Your garden is lonely without you. And so am I
Do Public Teshuvah Movements Block Personal Change?
“Strengthening one area of avodas Hashem shouldn’t be seen as an impediment to growing in other areas”
Changing of the Guard
Seventy years after she inherited the throne, Queen Elizabeth II’s passing has left millions in mourning
Half Note: Episode 14
So she wasn’t making it up. Her mother-in-law did think she was an irresponsible spendthrift. But she wasn’t. Was she?
