Of all the stories told about the great teacher of Kozhnitz, this is perhaps one of the strangest and the most wondrous. Among the teacher's many righteous students was a learned man, a pious individual who, like so many others in those … [Read more...]

Reading through certain Bible portions can really get one down on the Jewish people. They seem to be constantly rebelling, complaining and ungrateful. However, it is interesting to note that according to the ancient sage Ramban, all these disturbing … [Read more...]

It was a summer night in the mid-1990s. I was standing on the front porch with my son. It was a perfect night, perfect temperature. I had my arm around my son and we were looking out over the yard at the full moon. Across the driveway in the meadow … [Read more...]

You know you've arrived in the future, when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You only don't know your children's phone numbers because you only speed … [Read more...]

A long time ago, in a small town in France, there lived a wealthy textile merchant. Phillippe sold cloth to the people in this town, and it was well-known that he had the very finest cloth - silks, velvets, lace, wool, and cotton. He was a respected … [Read more...]

A pauper was walking along the road, dejected and sad. It had been years since his wife had smiled. God had blessed them with a houseful of girls, beautiful, wise and resourceful—each one a gem. From the moment his eldest had come of age, matchmakers … [Read more...]

A student approached his teacher and asked, “How do I find pure holiness?” The teacher replied, “Chop wood, carry water.” “And what do I do after I find it?” “Chop wood, carry water.” The moral of the story: Holiness is found and lived, … [Read more...]

Excerpt from Yale Class Day Remarks, May 21, 2017: Theo Epstein I'm going to tell you just one baseball story. It's a bit long, but don't worry you'll like the ending… unless you happen to be from Cleveland, in which case I am truly sorry! The … [Read more...]

Most people are so out of touch with life in this world that they think it's crazy to speak of life on the Other Side. But it isn't. There's life in this world and the next. According to ancient tradition, while Heaven is more pure, life in this … [Read more...]