“There Is A Bird On Your Head” is a cute picture-book short story in Mo Willem’s brilliant “Piggie and Gerald” series, that has both superficial and meaningful connection to the Torah portion of Parsha Shemini.
One of the main deeper … Read the rest
...Some descriptions of “The Force” in the fictional Star-Wars would seem quite familiar to those who study Chassidic (or Kabbalistic) teachings. We’ll share a few interesting parallels, and then get to the classic Star Wars wish “May The Force Be … Read the rest
...No, the title of this piece is not what you’re probably thinking. It’s not as morbid as you might imagine. Read on.
It’s a story in three parts that all came together on Pesach 5783/Passover 2023.
PLEASE PRAY AT MY … Read the rest
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A novel insight into Talmud Megillah 7 shared by Rabbi Yisroel Rubin at post-Purim 5783/2023 Beis-Medrash Night at Albany’s Shomray Torah (in honor of the upcoming yartzeit of his father, R’ Moshe Rubin, on Erev … Read the rest
As is our tradition with the help of sports enthusiast students and alumni, we try to come up with a number of interesting and insightful messages to be learned from particulars of the teams or players of that year’s Superbowl … Read the rest
...Well, we didn’t exactly dumpster dive, but here’s the story.
We hosted an alumni Bris here and in the hasty cleanup two Kiddush cups got lost. One was a nice cup, but the other had sentimental value as it was … Read the rest
...One night recently, we happened to be sitting & schmoozing with some visiting Chassidic Chevra, active businesspeople, from Satmar, Viznitz, Kloizenberg, etc.
One says to me as he was leaving: “Lubavitcher Torah (teaching) is the best Torah”.
I replied: “There’s … Read the rest
...For “Shabbat360” of 2023/5783 our theme and logo this year was a meaningful twist on the Life360 app which shares location and other phone info with selected friends and family for safety and comfort purposes. Their slogan is Find Friends … Read the rest
...Looking back at our Chanukah tweeting over the years is a little telling, as we’ve been much more focused on “sharing the lights” than on meaningful messages as we’ve done for tweets for many of the other holidays. But Chanukah … Read the rest
...Here’s a thread below explaining the ideas behind this banner our school kids painted some years ago for #19Kislev, aka #YudTesKislev, the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus.
These ideas are based on a talk of the #FriedikerRebbe R’ Yosef Yitzchak on … Read the rest
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