My Perspective

What does this parsha, these pesukim, this sefer mean to me? What is its relevance to our lives nowadays? These are questions that teach...

R' Fischel Schachter tells a story about a man from London who had a heart attack in America and did not have travel insurance. ...

Elul is an incredible gift.  Elul is a time when even the fish in the sea tremble. Elul is a time of Divine grace, when the 13 Middo...

I read chunks of a fascinating though creepy book in which the author describes in detail what it was like growing up with drug addicts ...

I just got a phone call from a friend who was calling to thank me for sharing the "two a day" gratitude entries idea earlier t...

A small sampling of cookbooks for the frum cook: 1977, revised throughout the 70's into the 80's, 3-4 recipes per page, close...

I was reading about runners breaking records, with the most famous example being Roger Bannister who was the first to run a mile in unde...

I heard a shiur recently in which the speaker spoke about respecting shomer Shabbos Jews with different ideologies and lifestyles th...

A letter I wrote to Hamodia four and a half years ago: Dear Editor, Re stigmas - can you please devote an article to the Tor...

Tanach is full of statements warning us to fulfill Torah and mitzvos or else dire things will happen and it tells us that it will be goo...

R' Benzion Shafier tells of going to visit his friend, Rabbi Simes (in picture), who became a quadraplegic as a result of a road acc...

Rachel Calofs Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains is an extraordinary story.  It was written originally in Yiddish by an im...

I'm really enjoying this book, "GPS - Navigation for Your Soul - inspired by the writings of the Nesivos Shalom" (an Artscr...

  I recently heard a speaker ask: Do you think that if they find a cure for cancer, that we will all be able to breathe a sigh of reli...

People tend to refer to something as "hashgacha pratis" (individual, specific supervision by Hashem) when it stands out, when i...