Inspiration 1711 articles

At the hospital, Chaya Rivkah wasn’t in her usual bed. I’d arrived late, and it took several more minutes to find a nurse who could locate her. In the doorway of...

Yehoshua had a good heart and wanted to be kind to others. He would always look for ways to make the poor people feel closer to him, to show them love,...

Holy and Secular – “You wanted to hear how the country came to an end,” the grandfather said to his grandson. “It is a very sad story, but it is important...

The morning of November 11th marked the first weekday in three decades that I wasn’t confronted by beggars when approaching the Western Wall (Kotel). After a long history of complaints from...

This is a story of two men who lived not far from each other in one city. Their homes were close, but their actions were very far apart. One was very...

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be – Yogi BerraTo the unreflective, memory is quaint; a nostalgic window upon a past experience that might evoke a momentary glance backward (and perhaps...

Prologue Before making aliyah, we owned a car. I mention this only to point out it was seldom that I rode the city buses. In fact, I can only recall one...

Until I was almost an adult, I thought there was a long mysterious prayer that women said when they lit Shabbat candles, beyond the initial blessing. This prayer took about 20...

Holy and Secular – Just as I was leaving my car, the announcer began a curious monologue. It was a little before eight o’clock in the morning, and my radio was...

(This is a true story that happened a few weeks ago. Written by my father-in-law, Moshe Goldberg) “I want to console you for your loss,” the rabbi said sympathetically. “We will...