Inspiration 1711 articles

I was fifteen years old and engaging in one of my favorite pastimes – watching the television news. It was the fall of 1984, in the midst of the re-election campaign...

Three years ago, on Koby’s 16th birthday our family went to the Kotel, the retaining wall that remains from the destruction of the temple in the second century. God promised the...

Everyone knew that the only weddings the late Bobover Rebbe, R. Shlomo Halberstam zt”l, ever attended were those of family members and orphaned chasanim. On those rare occasions, the Rebbe was always...

The story of Purim is a tale of venahafoch hu – things turning around and about and turning out, much to everyone’s surprise, just right. Things like that happen nowadays too....

My father always used to say to us that the story of George Washington and the cherry tree is not a good one for Jewish children to hear. He cut down...

I grew up in a household of non-practicing Jews in Brooklyn, NY. The once a year Passover Seder was my only link to my heritage. In fact, I had no idea...

My father passed away on the 29th of Sivan, June 18, 2004. “How did he die?” many visitors asked during the week of shiva. I answered, “I’ll tell you how my...

Rabbi Shlomo Twersky,ztl, with his son, some years ago. Most people are highly corruptible. They may have ideals and lofty visions, but very often, they can be deflected off course by...

I met her in the park in Bayit Vegan last week and she told me the story. I saw the glad look on her face and knew she had good news...

In 1992, Alan Veingrad, former offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, made all the right moves to protect the quarterback and ward off the other team’s advances, helping to secure his...