Inspiration 1711 articles

As I write this, we are in the midst of the Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah, the Ten Day of Repentance that last from Rosh Hashana through Yom Kippur. In the laws of...

Learning halacha can be tricky, as it often seems to devolve into a complicated laundry list of “do this” and “don’t do that.” If we haven’t studied the background in depth,...

Once upon a time, there was a television program called The Cosby Show. (We won’t go into why it was called that. We don’t talk about B*ll C*sby anymore.) For most...

(This is the fifth and final installment in the series of articles on things I learned from my recent back surgery.) After my procedure, I was in the hospital for three...

The alarm goes off and the kids jump out of bed. They put on their uniforms, which are laid out carefully on their beds, eat breakfast while chatting with each other...

(This is the fourth of five articles I’m writing about things I learned from my recent medical experiences. It is by far the most personal.) It’s no secret that I wasn’t...

Somehow, this time of year – the lead-up to Yom Hadin – often makes me think not only about Heavenly judgment, but about humans who judge each other. Maybe it’s just...

I received the call at about 11:00 pm. One of our daughters-in-law, Dina*, was in labor. Could I come and babysit for their two daughters who were asleep? I got dressed...

For many years, the gage of an Orthodox home was the observance of Shabbos, kashrus and Taharas HaMishpacha (Laws of Family Purity). Nowadays, with the growth of observance, there are often...

(Continuing the series of articles about what I learned from my recent back surgery.) Starting around April, when I returned from Pesach, I became increasingly dependent on the use of a...