Inspiration 1710 articles

These are the first words I’ve written since J. fell down the stairs, unless you count lists. I have lists in my pockets, lists tacked to the bulletin board above my...

I went to school with a guy who dreamed of living in Chevron. When he got married, he moved to Kiryat Arba and started a family. Then his baby became ill...

Today, something happened that made me realize the importance of not putting off saying “Thank you.” The story really begins close to forty years ago, when I was a teenager traveling...

Each weekday as I pray the morning prayers I see his face. He has done so much for us. How have we repaid him? Most of the Jewish world has abandoned...

It was the seventh week of Merav’s latest illness. Sharp and constant pains still pierced her abdomen. She felt dizzy and weak, no doubt in part a result of self-imposed starvation...

the story of Marcia Ferstenfeld As my daughter grew close to delivering our first grandchild, it became important to have her and her husband stay with us over Shabbos. If you’re...

I met my friend Sharon for coffee last week when she arrived in Israel for a quick visit. “I’m only here for the week,” she explained with her trademark engaging grin....

Many years ago, when I decided to become an observant Jew, someone asked me how I knew God existed. I thought for a moment. No crimson sunsets came to mind. No...

The man who was my business guru once impressed me with the following philosophy, “Learn not to expect anything from anybody else, that way you’ll never be disappointed.” By this he...

Okay, I cheated. “Teiva” in this week’s Torah portion may not mean “box.” “Teivah,” which does mean box in Hebrew, is also the name for the vessel in which Noah, his...