Inspiration 1710 articles

Early afternoon found me in one of my favorite places in Israel – a cab – returning from my very favorite place in Israel – the Western Wall. As we wove...

We lived in a five room railroad flat on Pitt Street. It was lined with old tenement houses five stories high. The sunny room in the front was the master bedroom...

Holy and Secular – Note: Two weeks ago (in an article called, “The Package, the Merchant, and the Taxi Driver“), we wrote that the Almighty wants us to feel good about...

As a child growing up in a family with seven children, I chose eight as the number of children that I would like to have someday. Eight would mean that each...

or, The Zen of Tznius Does anyone remember the old philosophical conundrum, “If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, does it make a noise?” The point of...

You know you’ve finally made it in America when you sit down with an estate attorney to draft something called a Last Will and Testament. That’s the document detailing all kinds...

We wanted to clap, we wanted to sing, we wanted to dance. But then we didn’t. Because we were too concerned about how we’d end up looking, although Sarah didn’t care...

A modern Israeli couple with a saga On a crisp Jerusalem night, beneath a wedding canopy, Rabbi Mordechai Elon touches ashes to the groom’s forehead and cautions against taking for granted...

A Lesson For the Children – Every day the group of frogs gathered at the edge of the swamp. They would tell each other about the events of the previous day....

For a few days, I thought that perhaps I was misremembering. But as the days after Pesach continued to flow by, it was clear. Something was different. In years past, almost...