יום רביעי, כ״ד חשוון תשפ״זWednesday, November 4, 2026
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I find myself laughing out loud. Hubby does not go on to read the articles, just the titles. And yet, he is actually right. Much of the news is not really new or even news-worthy.
Despite its importance, the book was not reprinted from the 16th century until the latter half of the 20th century.
By Eve Glover
Each name is a living legacy and testament of each person who once existed and made an indelible imprint on the world... Every name is also a stark reminder of how life can be cut short due to unbridled prejudice and hate.
While most of the items offered sold within the estimates set by Sotheby’s, quite a few far surpassed them.
By Aryeh Werth
We will push back against this rise in antisemitism and hate, and together we say ‘never again.’ – Mayor Eric Adams
There is also evidence that Edison's financial legacy helped to fuel the Institute for Historical Review, a movement dedicated to denying that the Holocaust ever occurred.
A good shmooze reveals ourselves to others and reveals others to us; it is a learning experience.
It’s been said that the Chofetz Chaim enjoyed a good schmooze, with the understanding that the halachos of lashon hara can and should be adhered to so that a schmooze can still serve the function of us maintaining a connection to Hashem.
By Nachum Segal
Some shmoozes result in important decisions being made, points of view being changed and relationships being solidified.
It’s the little light bulb moments, the pithy nuggets of wisdom, and the sharing of life perspective that came about during those teacher shmoozes.
The origin of the word confirms this negative association: Shmooze comes from the Yiddish shmuessen, which in turn derives from the Hebrew sh’muah, meaning tidings or rumor (read: juicy gossip).
By Jason Maoz
The point about accuracy warrants elaboration. All VITA/TCE volunteers who prepare returns must pass tax-law training that meets or exceeds IRS standards.
Hubby's avoidance tactics were so frustrating, that I began drawing a big heart on our paper calendar every time he was willing to enter the bathroom and face the ‘trauma’ of a shower.
Using the most modern method of recording, his recording device being the first such in the Holy Land, he found a group of Yemenite Jews to sing for him in return for payment.
Notwithstanding the tribunal’s strict imposition of restrictions on taking photographs... D’Addario proved to be incredibly prolific, as he took many thousands of amazingly sharp photographs in both monochrome and color.
The clerk in the registrar's office was having none of it. When she heard about the name I wanted to change, and why, she gave me a buck-up talk about having pride in my background (I had plenty, thank you), and not being worried about others' confusion.
By Maayan Zik
This venture seems like an introvert dipping her toes in extroverted waters, trying new things she’d never imagine doing before. This experience brings her tremendous blessings.
By The Honorable Rachel Freier
As Jewish mothers, we should learn from our matriarchs to use the unique inner strength we possess. Inner strength based on binah yeseirah – divinely inspired intuition.
One of the key lessons that Rivka teaches us about leadership is the importance of balancing confidence and a willingness to push boundaries with considerations of morals and character.
I see a lot of my grandmother in my daughter, who is also a preschool teacher, and it is shaping her persona, too.
Immediately after the nurses hooked Hubby up to all the monitors, he demanded to leave. He pulled out all the leads to the machines and became furious when no one would listen to him.
By WWII, there were four synagogues – one still exists today – and a well maintained Jewish cemetery.
After considering various sites in the Caribbean to deport the Holocaust survivors, including British Honduras, and Trinidad, the British decided to transfer them to Mauritius.
True kavod habriyot is not about treating well those whom we know, or like, or feel comfortable with. It is about honoring the bit of the Divine inside every human being we encounter.
Kavod, honor, respect and esteem judged by societal standards, is in fact taught by chazal, a value and sense of self-esteem bestowed by us to other creations of Hashem.
Indeed, kavod is a two-way street. We often think of it as something we give though we receive much more from showing kavod.
Kavod means honor, but it means so much more. Related to the word kaved, or heavy, it refers to things that are weighty, that are deserving of our respect.
Kavod has two translations: honor and respect, which are similar but distinct. That’s why everyone who is honored is respected but not everyone who is respected is honored.
As a businessman with three retails stores in southern California for 21 years, Hubby always walked around with a substantial amount of cash on his person. The fact that he now walks nowhere unassisted does – not daunt his imagination with its delusions of freedom.
R. Asher Anshel ben Mordecai Ashkenazi (1833-1901) was a grandson of the renowned R. Moses David Ashkenazi (c. 1780–1856) who was born in Galicia where his father Asher served as rabbi.
Perhaps inexplicably, Eliot voiced support for the State of Israel and increasingly viewed Judaism as a paradigm for the survival of diverse religious cultures in an increasingly secular world.
We need to take these awful suggestions and use them to create enough fire in our bellies in order for us to do the exact opposite.
If you ask me, it should be a wasteland for us.
I may have been too young to truly grasp the magnitude of the atrocities but I vividly see today, in my heart's mind, the pain and anguish that was.
It is no coincidence that as the number of Holocaust survivors declines, anti-Semitism surges.
By Akiva Kra
Well-known achronim, including Rav Chaim, the Netziv, Maharsham, and Tosfos Yom Tov are all buried there.
Flora Sassoon personally responded to all requests for financial assistance and helped to build a Jewish hospital in London in 1907.
Eighteen pills in a day made it a tremendous challenge for the doctor to resolve Hubby’s problem which could have any of a number of root causes.
When the German Army took Lublin during World War II, they stripped the interior and burned the vast library in the town square.
Plant into our hearts Your love and Your reverence so that we shall follow Your commands and proceed in Your way.
The world at large would lose its innocence with the terrorist attacks of 9/11 occurring just one month later. However, that summer was a time for spiritual and physical growth.
Goldberg, who successfully fought for a cease-fire that would not require Israeli withdrawal as a condition precedent to any peace agreement, recognized that Israel’s pre-1967 borders were all but indefensible as Auschwitz borders.
Created as a way to eat warm foods while still keeping Shabbat, it speaks of home, it speaks of tradition…it speaks of connection.
By Eli Lebowicz
I'm pretty sure the concept of chulent wouldn't exist if not for the Jews.
By Avi Ganz
Maybe therein lies the secret of the chulent: We Jews aren't one stereotype. Among the different backgrounds and traditions (and the many without a particular tradition) there are myriad characteristics, personalities, and (flavor) profiles.
There is nothing better than a steaming bowl of hearty, warm food when you enter your home from shul on a cold, wintry night.
Chulent shows that while our Torah is structured and dictates how and when we cook and how and when we eat, we still have enormous creative choices within its framework.
When friends with whom I meet on Zoom every Thursday share their thoughts about the possibility of a “plus side” of caring for a loved one with Dementia, the reactions of course vary, depending on the quality of the relationship prior to the present decline.
The issue Stybel encountered was crooked book dealers who were buying quantities in Poland at reduced rates and then selling them in the States at a reduced price relative to the price Stybel was attempting to sell it at.
Many critics consider 'Lincoln, the Man of the People' it to be the greatest poem ever written about the beloved and immortal president.
Have you taken the chance to appreciate the good moments which you have? Our experiences are so mixed and varied and happen so quickly.
By Keshet Starr
While recognizing the good seems like an easy task (And there are no thank-you notes involved!) recognition is actually more complicated than it seems.
By Hillel Fuld
The importance of gratitude in Judaism is paramount. The reason is that the Torah wants to teach us the importance of perspective.
You do not have to wait until you win an Academy Award to show hakaras hatov. You can thank people every single day.
It’s more than just thank you and covers much, much more than the act itself.
It is my understanding that trainees in the spy game are not just taught how to perform their missions, but also how to withstand torture if they should be caught.
While the Malbim's fame rests on his commentary on the Bible, he was first and foremost a posek and defender of halacha against the many attacks it was facing from the Reform in his era.
Your little box was one of a number of pieces that made up an olivewood lap desk set, which included an ink blotter, ink well, and more, that was marketed to tourists visiting Jerusalem.
By Chana Ford
The idea is to slowly create an operating standard: approved batei din are ones which are transparent, which don’t allow for shady deals, and which recognize abusive behaviors when they present themselves.
Always a Zionist pragmatist, he played a leading role in the first Zionist Congresses, including serving as Hebrew Secretary of the First Congress (Basle, 1897) and as president of the Twentieth Congress (Zurich, 1937).
Shabbos is sacred to me, but in the scheme of things, with all the managing and juggling I do in a day, removing the wax from waxy candlesticks is not.
Waxy is a peculiar word which can also mean flexible and yielding; an elusive but desirable character trait whose development has allowed me to grudgingly accept that it’s okay that I don’t have the potato kugel gene.
It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when Jews had to place wax in their ears – it is said that this came from their wives' candles – in order to prevent them from hearing Christian sermons.
By Jordana Baruchov Grreenfield
This can be a wonderful metaphor for an interesting life lesson. How at times life can sting and burn you, and before you know it, it begins to take shape.
The presence of absence provides that lingering connection. For example, wax from the havdalah candle, marks on the arm after you take off tefillin, wine stains just about everywhere on Pesach, and a crease in the backyard lawn from the Sukkah.
Whatever the medical explanation is, it affects most dementia patients. Even at its beginning stages it creates some difficulties in communicating.
Our kits were created during a time that parties were being cancelled and we wanted our soap projects to be accessible for everyone.
His chanukiyot are so unique and beautiful that when he got divorced, his wife asked that he leave one of them for her. Which he did, in the shape of a Magen David.
By Eve Glover
Kanye, if you were living in Germany during the time of the Nazi period, you would not be able to speak the vile language that you are saying today because you would be a pile of ashes, said child Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher.
It was as Webster’s emissary to Berlin that Solomons visited the Jewish ward in a Frankfort Hospital and determined to raise funds to help found Mt. Sinai Hospital.
The true power of a flickering flame is its ability to burst into an inferno. Because while wind is a risk to a fire, it also helps increase it.
By Rabbanit Dr. Adena Berkowitz
Even with the most disconnected Jew, even with just a flicker of the pintele Yid in so many of our fellow Jews, we all have the responsibility to reach out to even one person and reignite the sparks of Judaism.
We have a flicker inside of us. To quote Rav Kook: we have a divine spark burning inside, yearning to fight for what is right and just.
If I use my wisdom to teach, the student learns, and I come out wiser for it; if I share my love with another, I become more loving, not less. When you give a spiritual gift, the recipient gains, and you lose nothing.
Tonight, Violet was trying to help Hubby change his clothes. Whatever she did “wrong” in his estimation was cause for him to become furious and frighten her. This is not the first time she has seen him upset.
The Lodz Ghetto, the second largest after that of Warsaw was sealed off from the world on April 30, 1940, with the Jews and Roma locked within.
Wolf also made important contributions depicting the regional character of San Francisco at a time when it was becoming a sophisticated city and cultural center.
Nissim built his home through trial and error, fixing what needed to be fixed and recalibrating as he went. He praises G-d for everything He has given him. Everything here is love, he says. Love is the best building material.
Another thought that I see no point in exploring: The Jewish day begins at night, gets dark, and darker, then most dark, and less dark until darkness gives way to light.
By JJ Eleff
Whether you read plays by Shakespeare, books by Orwell, Hemingway, or watch a movie saga you will see a common theme: good vs. evil, light vs. dark.
Orthodox groups have registered their objection to the bill, on the grounds that a lengthier period of darkness in the morning would make it exceedingly difficult to daven shacharis and go to work for large parts of the year.
One would think that dark in cooking is a bad thing. Think about burned or rotten food, but there is so much goodness in dark.
He attributes his mega success to his blindness, but it didn’t seem so at first.
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