![No Such Thing As Snow Shovels (in Jerusalem)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Snow-shovel.jpg)
No Such Thing As Snow Shovels (in Jerusalem)
Kids are learning the facts of life at a much earlier age these days. I know this because my little guy lost his first tooth a few months ago. When I...
Jan 3, 2007
By Joyce Schur
![One Day Forgotten, Eight Worth Remembering](https://www.ou.org/life/files/29November.jpg)
One Day Forgotten, Eight Worth Remembering
A street named for a date was pretty unusual in the neighborhood in which I grew up. In fact, it was unheard of. We had street names like Pimlico Road, Greenspring...
Dec 28, 2006
By Daniel Gordis
![Parshat Vayigash: God’s Decree Will Not be Thwarted](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Shin.jpg)
Parshat Vayigash: God’s Decree Will Not be Thwarted
Part One: The day after Part Two: Parshat Va’yey’gash 5765 Part I: The Day After Devarim 28:10 וראו כל עמי הארץ כי שם ה’ נקרא עליך ויראו ממך “And all the...
Dec 28, 2006
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
![The Keeper of the List (and the Free Nation)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Free.jpg)
The Keeper of the List (and the Free Nation)
The six-year old and I have something in common. He’s a ‘keeper of the list’ and so am I. His father, a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of a guy, swears it’s genetic, but...
Dec 27, 2006
By Joyce Schur
![‘Ma Pitom?!’, and Other Inscrutable Israeli Expressions](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Stick-Figure-Family.png)
‘Ma Pitom?!’, and Other Inscrutable Israeli Expressions
One of the things I enjoy about my job is that it affords me the opportunity to interact with Israelis from all parts of our rich national/cultural tapestry. The people...
Dec 21, 2006
By David Bogner
![The Bomb and I](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Fire.jpeg)
The Bomb and I
My Cold War childhood took place in the shadow of the A-Bomb. It was the ever-present terror of my life. I’m therefore puzzled, as a citizen of Israel, by what seems...
Dec 21, 2006
By Sarah Shapiro
![Parshat Miketz, Shabbat Chanukah II – Blind, In Need of Godly Intervention](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Knight-Chess-Pieces.jpg)
Parshat Miketz, Shabbat Chanukah II – Blind, In Need...
Part One: Parshat Miketz 5767 Part Two: The second Shabbat of Chanuka 5766 I. (Yishayahu 44:25:) משיב חכמים אחור ודעתם ישכל “He who turns wise men backwards, and turns their knowledge...
Dec 20, 2006
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
![Rededicating a Home, Rededicating Hearts](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Barber-Shop.jpg)
Rededicating a Home, Rededicating Hearts
Last night I attended the Chanukat Habayit (rededication of a new home) of our OU Israel Bayit Yehudi building in Tiberias. Before Rav Shmuel Eliyahu affixed the first Mezuzah, he shared...
Dec 14, 2006
By Rabbi Avi Baumol
![Parshat Vayishlach: Prostrating Leadership](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Sunset.jpeg)
Parshat Vayishlach: Prostrating Leadership
BS”D Vayishlach 5767 Several questions: 1- Two episodes dominate our parsha: Yaakov’s dramatic reunion with his brother Eisav and the destruction of Shechem, at the hands of Shimon and Levi. Are...
Dec 7, 2006
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
![The Gift of Dreams](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Child-with-Dandelion.jpg)
The Gift of Dreams
I went to school with a guy who dreamed of living in Chevron. When he got married, he moved to Kiryat Arba and started a family. Then his baby became ill...
Nov 22, 2006
By Joyce Schur
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