Whenever I used to thank my Grandpa Joe, he’d reply, “Don’t thank Grandpa!” Then I’d say, “well—thank you anyway,” and we’d both laugh. [...]

“One is obligated to recite a blessing for the bad just as one recites a blessing for the good, as it is stated [...]

Ben Zoma said… Who is rich? Those who are satisfied with what they have. בֶּן זוֹמָא אוֹמֵר… אֵיזֶהוּ עָשִׁיר, הַשָּׂמֵחַ בְּחֶלְקוֹ (Pirkei Avot [...]

“...Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32:29) לֹ֤א [...]

“Jacob awoke from his dream and said, ‘Surely the ETERNAL is present in this place, and I did not know it!’ Shaken, he [...]

“I want to remind you again why we are all running.” Four months into our training for a 26.2 mile race, no reminder [...]

There’s some strange math at the beginning of this week's Torah portion. We learn that our matriarch Sarah dies at 127 years old. [...]

This past Monday marked the Hebrew yahrtzeit of the death of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. I remember precisely where I was when I heard that [...]

Word Games When I was a kid, I loved riddles. At summer camp, after lights out, we would play word games, trying to [...]

אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃ “This is the line of Noah: Noah was a righteous man (tzaddik); [...]