Inspiration 1711 articles

“Wait, wait for me,” my two year old plaintively cries. He scrambles up the stairs as fast as he can, but his graceful older sisters far outstrip him. They have already...

Maybe you’re one of those who feel positive sensations when walking into a clean, orderly, immaculate home. Perhaps orderliness gives you a sense of tranquility. Many people strive for a home...

A Lesson For the Children – John Sutter was one of many immigrants who moved to the United States in the nineteenth century. He decided to settle in California, and he...

So then she turns to me, her blue eyes faded, the petal soft skin of her cheeks, deeply lined. She smells like Oil of Olay lotion, the pink kind. In the...

One of the phone calls I received at home, in Jerusalem, erev Rosh Hashanah, was from our cousin Clara. Like a camera, our conversation captured bygone years, and revitalized familial ties....

A Lesson For the Children – Rabbi Yaakov Berlin, the father of the Netziv of Volozhin, arranged for his daughter to marry Rabbi Yechiel from Noriduk. As was the custom at...

I had always been fascinated by the chevra kadisha, the ritual burial society that prepares the dead before they are placed in their coffins. In Jewish communities, this task – the...

I had always considered sending my children to Duke University, but now I think I may just send them to the zoo instead. A study by Duke researchers indicates that the...

A Lesson For the Children – In the Shemitta year of 5712 (1951-52), the farmers of Moshav Komemiyut let their land rest and took a full year of vacation. They did...

From where I sat at the Shabbos table, I could see half of Jerusalem through the sliding glass door. The sky was dark, really dark and I was searching for the...