Inspiration 1711 articles

In the midst of the current financial crisis, we hear constantly about the “cycle” and where we are in the cycle. The frightening aspect to this crisis is that we don’t...

These days Dorcas and I don’t talk anymore. But there was a time when she was the most spiritual person I knew, a person I looked up to, a person who,...

I was in eleventh grade when my classmate lost her mother to cancer. We had been praying for her mother’s recovery for months, and we knew that the situation was getting...

Fire. It’s a powerful, primal force. Just the word itself gets your adrenalin going, ready to start coursing through your veins! Unconstrained, it is one of the most destructive forces in...

“Who has performed for us miracles…in this time.” —Al Hanisim, prayer before lighting the Chanukah menorah) Festively set tables, platters piled high with food and spirits even higher. The door is continuously...

I’m back. That’s the message Yaakov proactively imparts to Eisav, the one man who stands between him and the prize – his beloved parents’ home. Their ensuing encounter becomes a classic...

I returned from Mumbai only a few days before terrorists attacked the very hotel where I had been staying, as well as the Chabad House where I had eaten many meals....

My son just called. The one who does his Reserve Duty in Israel’s Home Guard Command. His elite unit’s job is going in after natural calamities, accidents or terrorist attacks, shoring...

It is pompous, insensitive and callous to write. But perhaps it is more pompous, more insensitive, more callous not to. Words are most inadequate. Sometimes inadequacy is all we have. This...

Many years ago I was in an airport magazine shop and needed something mindless for a flight. I wasn’t looking for anything too heavy… and I settled on a little soft-cover...