Parashas Vayaira, Issue #820   VISITING THE SICK is not where life is at. Even being around someone with something as minor as a common cold can be depressing. They feel down so they make others around them feel down, and nervous about catching a cold too. Visiting and taking care of the unwell is…

Parashas Lech Lecha, Issue #819   WHO IS THE happy person? Someone who is satisfied with his lot in life. How true it is. But what if your lot in life is a nephew named “Lot,” a tag along who is not quite on the same spiritual page as you? It’s like trying to fly…

Parashas Noach, Issue #818 THE END IS near. That’s what Noach told his generation for 120 years, as he sawed and hammered away to build his refuge-on-water for the upcoming Great Flood. But did anyone listen? Not a one, at least not beyond his own family. Whose fault was that? The people of his generation,…

Parashas Bereishis, Issue #817 God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, seed yielding herbs and fruit trees producing fruit according to its kind in which its seed is found, on the earth,” and it was so. (Bereishis 1:11) THE TALMUD STATES that a person must own his lulav and esrog on the first day of…