My Perspective

A Maggid arrived in town whose arrival was highly anticipated because he was such a terrific speaker.  When his drasha was nearly finished, ...

R' Binyamin Ginsberg said he has asked hundreds of children, ages 5-14, whether their parents love them.  He said 84% said "no...

In a chapter on talents, Rabbi YY Rubinstein tells of a rosh yeshiva who had displayed a phenemonal talent for art when a child.  The questi...

I was reading a book by a kiruv rabbi and he said he was talking to someone who knew nothing about Judaism.  She said she had heard things a...

  I read that according to one popular author, the 5 most common things that drive our lives are: guilt, anger, fear, materialism, and ...

I read the following definition in the book "Off the Derech":  "kids at risk" usually refers to a population marked not...

Frum sites have been discontinued because rabbis in Israel said there should be no "chareidi" (an Israeli term for frum) presence...

I don't know who originated the following idea so I can't attribute it to anyone. I've read it and heard it in a lecture. If y...

Sometimes, I'm talking to someone or watching someone speak, and noticing that their way of talking and their body language is like some...

I read an article about language in which a Chassidishe woman was asked why there seems to be a greater emphasis on men speaking Yiddish tha...

Everyone is entitled to say whatever they want. People show an overwhelming need to express themselves and hear others express themselve...

yiras shomayim=fear of heaven If you were/are looking for a shidduch for yourself or your child, how would you determine whether a candid...

The Baal Shem Tov explained that sometimes mighty things take place in the world even for one Jew.  There was once a bloody war between two...

On the one hand the mishna in Avos says, "it's not for you to finish the work, nor are you free to desist from it," which woul...

We have been urged to pray for Jonathan Pollard, for the boys in Japan, for Gilad Shalit and other missing Israeli soldiers, and Sholom Mo...