Our Purim Seudah (Meal) 2020 (5780) at Shabbos House had a great vibe and many students shared meaningful things. Spring break around the corner, midterms underway, Coronavirus in the air, but we did have a beautiful Seudah. Here’s tidbits of what … Read the rest

As the still mysterious and unknown (indeed, it’s called “novel”) Coronavirus Covid-19 begins to hit closer to home, we’re starting to take some more precautions. After all, we do have to be responsible. Some of the recommendations of the CDC … Read the rest

PURIM TWEETS (Megillah insights, tidbits & ideas to share)
by Mendel Rubin @shabboshouse with the #Purim or #Megillah hashtag as of Feb 2021

Click to download printable PDF version of PurimTweets of some the Purim Tweets below. 

The #Mishna says … Read the rest

Most of my “Mendel’s Messages” posts are original ideas but now and then there’s something out there really special and want to share that which others said or wrote. This is a piece I heard from my mother who follows … Read the rest

It so happens that today for a Bar-Mitzvah anniversary Kiddush on Shabbat Parsha Terumah, we served a selection of (very good) herring. We don’t usually that here. And the Torah reading is about the construction of the Mishkan (biblical desert … Read the rest

Eye charts work by varying sizes and distances, we can be either near-sighted or far-sighted, sometimes we’re not seeing all things, or all people, the way they ought to be seen. Corrective vision allow us to overcome biases, limitations, blind … Read the rest

The Torah mentions (in Parsha Yitro) that Torah was given at Mount Sinai in the third month of the Jews leaving Egypt. The text alone seems to be no more than chronological info, a data point. But the Talmud (in … Read the rest

At some point in middle school or whatever, you learn that the heart inside our bodies (the one you see on science charts) is not exactly (though somewhat similar) shaped like the love kind of heart.

But as the Baal … Read the rest

This thought has three parts: It begins with a story, goes into a little Chassidus philosophy and ends up talking about the meatballs and spaghetti we served at the Disability Awareness, Appreciation and Inclusion Shabbat, as part of an international … Read the rest

Superbowl LIV, the 2020 Superbowl played by the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49ers, features two young quarterbacks with very different playing styles and strengths. This is not something I (Mendel) would have known on my own, but … Read the rest