יום רביעי, א׳ כסלו תשפ״זWednesday, November 11, 2026
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By Sandy Eller
The idea of breathing new life into something you already own, using leftover bits and pieces as springboards for future projects, is probably a tendency to which I am genetically inclined
I went to camp for many years. We cleaned our own bunks and did not have air conditioning.
Over 350 people celebrated the engagement of Fire Commissioner Andrew Friedman and his fiancé, Chanie Herskovic, at their Hancock Park home Sunday.
Why is it so important to report a hate crime or hate incident?
Practically to his last days the patriarchal founder was at his office almost daily and took an active interest in all matters connected with the business.
By Ben Sales
“You want to know what this wine looked like, which wine King David drank, white or red.... We can see if it’s red or white, strong or weak.”
I should be pursuing plateaus of pure and holy, but I’m busy delving and developing palatable palates instead.
Brown argues that this wholehearted living must extend into our parenting.
If we truly honor the other participants in a conversation, we can support, empathize with, and even celebrate their feelings.
I witnessed the true strength of Am Yisrael during those few days.
By Libi Astaire
"There are no people on earth as foolish as you who deny the Living God."
She writes intuitively, freely, and only afterwards understands the meaning of what she has written.
By Sandy Eller
“I knew it was a great idea, a win-win situation for everyone,” said Burstein.
Not knowing any better, I assumed that Molly and her mother must be voracious readers.
"I would really love my mother-in-law ...if she weren't my mother-in-law."
For each weekly reading, Rabbi Grysman begins with a synopsis of the Torah portion, followed by a focus on a major issue.
It’s Rosh Hashanah. A new year. Time for a fresh start. Time for a new slate. Time for change.
Governor Rick Scott visited North Miami Beach/Aventura on the morning of Wednesday, September 17.
While the cost per student is higher than mainstream schools, Metzuyan Academy ESE is a priceless educational opportunity for children with special needs in South Florida.
Challah-pa-looza helped get the community ready and excited about the upcoming Jewish New Year.
Miami businessman and philanthropist Eli Nash had many in tears as he shared his story of the horrific abuse he suffered from age 8 to 11.
In 1943, Jewish Agency officials recruited her to join a clandestine military project whose ultimate purpose was to offer aid to beleaguered European Jewry.
By dvora
As optimistic as Menachem Rosenberg is – and he said he is going to Uman – he’s sure that this year, most of the travelers will not tour other religious sites or places in Ukraine.
Three sets of three-day Yomim Tovim can seem overwhelming - especially when we are trying to stay healthy.
Is a missed opportunity to do a mitzvah considered a sin?
By Rayzel Reich
The sounds and scents of the kitchen are cozy, familiar, but loud in the silence.
By Pnina Baim
Everyone has a weakness. For some people it is the inability to walk past a sales rack without dropping a few hundred dollars. For others, it’s the inability to keep their house organized.
Not enjoying saying no, I often succumbed to requests viewing them as demands I couldn't refuse.
By Libi Astaire
His entire life was dedicated to Torah and he became a pivotal figure in the transmittal of the Oral Torah to the next generation.
By Rhona Lewis
When you don't have anyone else to turn to... that's when you're tied to Hashem the closest.
By Sandy Eller
While we all go to restaurants for a good meal, it is dessert, that final taste that lingers in your mouth, that is the crown jewel of any dining experience and Six Thirteen’s offerings did not disappoint.
By Yaffa Ganz
Today, fifty years and six million (!) people later, Israel is truly a different world.
By Ann Goldberg
There will always be items that don’t freeze well – salads and some rice- or potato-based dishes – so you need to leave time to prepare or cook them closer to Yom Tov and ensure there is enough room in the refrigerator to store them.
By Rhona Lewis
In Uzbekistan, in the early twentieth century, it was the women who wore the pants.
This is an important one in raising a mentsch (and maybe even in marrying off a mentsch! listening skills are on the top of the list when I do shidduch coaching).
This Holy Day comes once a year With prayers and begging and pleading and tears,
While multitasking is not ideal, it is often necessary and unavoidable.
Maybe now that your kids are back in school, you should start cleaning for Pesach.
By Libi Astaire
The interpreter was expected to be a talmid chacham himself and be able to also offer explanations and clarifications to the students.
By Sandy Eller
"When Frank does something he does it well and you don't have to worry about dotting the i's or crossing the t's."
“On Sunday I was at the Kotel with the battalion and we said a prayer of thanks. In Gaza there were so many moments of death that I had to thank God that I'm alive. Only then did I realize how frightening it had been there.”
Neglect, indifference or criticism can break a person's neshama.
It’s fair to say that we all know or have someone in our family who is divorced.
The assumption of a shared kinship is based on being part of the human race. Life is so much easier to figure out when everyone thinks the same way.
Various other learning opportunities will be offered to the community throughout the year.
The new group will also deliver kosher food to Jewish residents in non-kosher facilities, as well as to kosher facilities where the food is not up to par.
The Honey Bee workshop delighted the children and all others who attended the event.
By Irwin Cohen
Many former baseball players who left us with happy memories also passed away in the past year.
By Sandy Eller
Scan those sale circulars either online or when they show up at your doorstep, check out the sale items and plan your menus accordingly.
By Libi Astaire
"Rabi, if I make the flames hotter and remove the wool sponges from your heart, will you bring me to the World to Come?"
By Ron Ansel
Make sure that you know what the policies are and that you adhere to them scrupulously.
I recently met a wonderful woman who writes poetry. With her permission, I am sharing a poem she wrote about time.
Nurturing students toward a bright future in the Jewish community, the school supports them in all aspects of personal growth: intellectually, spiritually, socially, and creatively.
In 1787 Jonas wrote a letter to Congress asking that the federal Constitution guarantee religious liberty in the state of Pennsylvania.
What better proof do we need than the recent war with Hamas in Gaza, dubbed “Operation Protective Edge,” that transformed the pain and suffering of three families into a sense of unparalleled unity and outpouring of love of the entire nation of Israel?
So many families are mourning, and all along we mourned with them.
By Libi Astaire
In addition to his great erudition, Rabi Akiva was known for his optimism.
She told me that she was busy and that he could sit in his wet clothes for the rest of the day. It would teach him to be more careful.
What can we do to help him stop feeling so sad all the time?
Children with dyslexia or dysgraphia frequently have problems in social relationships.
Israel’s neighbors engaged in hostilities from the onset. The War of Independence was a hard-won battle. Aggression and enmity has followed for 66 years.
The inclusion program, in which children with special needs are in the same class as neurotypical (mainstream) peers, is, says Gansburg, the only Jewish program of its kind in Florida.
The contest will include student-created sculpture, computer graphic design, collage, videography, PowerPoint and painting.
David, an 8-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, recently attended a Friendship Circle event. As he entered he told his Dad, “I love coming to the FC programs ‘cause everyone loves each other.”
Goldsmith himself went on his own “voyage of discovery” to the places where his grandfather and uncle landed and were sent.
Frank proclaimed himself Zvi’s successor and the reincarnation of King David.
You’re probably wondering why the greatest advocate of fast and easy preps in the kitchen is talking about layer cakes, right?
Almost immediately the audience began singing and clapping and continued almost without stop throughout the rest of the concert.
As of late, vintage has definitely been in vogue in the Orthodox community.
Stroll through formal gardens, ride mountain bikes, or go rock climbing.
By Rivka Hia
One minute you're shaving shwarma off a pit, then the shwarma guy tells you he read a (fake) WhatsApp that the boys are dead.
By Rhona Lewis
I probe a little deeper and Shula takes me into the world of phantom pains and prosthetic limbs.
By Libi Astaire
This went on until she had immersed eighty times, and then Hashem at last took pity upon her.
Shame is often confused with guilt and humiliation.
Because Menachem lives in Israel, he can feel the ruach in the air.
Perhaps you can reach a compromise during this news frenzy, whereby you will feel more comfortable while he can still follow the latest events.
By Joel Mandel
Leon experienced the War of Independence from a soldier’s perspective, while remaining true to his Jewish ideals and beliefs.
Chabad of Arizona centers recently hosted an evening of remembrance to mark the 20th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
A CPE class at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn was tailor made for Orthodox participants.
With generous support from the Egyptian Jewish community, the exiled family built a new life for itself in the Mafruza and Gabbari refugee camps near Alexandria.
November 6, 2026 
