Posts in Divrei Torah

ב  יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי,  תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי,   כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי-דֶשֶׁא,  וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי-עֵשֶׂב 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as[…]

Our two-year old daughter is beginning to understand the concept of time.  Ask her what time she goes to sleep and she’ll says “7 o’clock.” […]

My wife and I have much in common, but the month of Tishrei accentuates our notably different careers.  The entire month turns my wife’s schedule[…]

With the yomim noraim around the corner, this past week I pulled out my machzor and started practicing my chazzanus.  I know I don’t know[…]

Reb Menachem Mendel Futerfas, known as Reb Mendel, was a famous Chabad chossid and  mashpia.  In the second half of the 20th century, he heroically operated[…]

Earlier this week I took an apple out of the refrigerator and immediately noticed an imperfection near the bottom.  Fortunately, my one year old loves[…]

Just yesterday Apple released the newest iPhone, the iPhone 7, and many heads were turned by the new design.  Physically the phone actually looks incredibly[…]

My fondest childhood summer memories center around our annual family road trips.  The most memorable moments were often not the sights we set out to[…]

Shema Yisroel! Perhaps the most recognizable words to the Jewish ear appear a few parshiot ago in parshat vetchanan.  But if you pay close attention,[…]

My grandmother is an avid reader, and she has developed an interesting habit: she’s always in the middle of two books at a time.  Her[…]