You probably have heard the famous saying of Rabbi Akiva: V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha. Love your fellow as yourself. ​Right now we are in the time of sefirat haomer, counting the omer until the holiday of Shavuot. But during the omer is also the time when 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died from a plague because […]

Social media is one of the most dangerous things that we have in today’s society. Of course, it has its good points: easy to connect with family and friends; easy to get important messages out to the world etc.   As in everything, there are benefits if utilized correctly and responsibly. But the dangers are great,

Today’s generation suffers from more anxiety than most generations did in the past.  We do not, in general, have the emergency situations past generations had (such as pogroms, inquisition, holocaust, extreme poverty, starvation etc.)  But precisely our generation suffers from tremendous anxiety which makes us non functional in many ways. Why is that?     One reason

The entire world is suffering in some way or another. If it is not coronavirus, it is some other virus. There are financial woes, insecurities, anxieties, marriage problems, shidduchim problems…..there seems to be no lack of problems whatever direction one looks. Nevertheless, all of these things are part of a higher plan: the plan to

Now we have entered the month of Elul, the  month of rachamim, mercy. The time when the mercy of Hashem wakes up and we are very close to Hashem in this month. It is a time to pray for everything we need and to do teshuvah in preparation for the upcoming high holiday season.  It

Now we are in the season of our rejoicing, the Succot holiday. Chag sameach to everyone!  But what about people who find it hard to be happy? There are many people who have serious problems and find it very hard to rejoice. Some people live in places where they do not have much opportunity of

It is very sad that America runs on money.  Americans put money first and all other values second. People judge their self worth based on how much money they have. Would it not be much better to value one’s self worth based on having good character traits, how many people one helps, how large and

I always heard that being a grandmother is better than being a  mother. You can enjoy the kids but you don’t have to work so hard and if they  cry, you just hand them back to their mother.  Well, now that I am a full fledged grandmother, Baruch Hashem, I  feel qualified to comment on

My husband and I have been considering downsizing: perhaps getting a smaller home or even a condo. But then I begin to panic. Where will we store all the things we have accumulated over the years? When we first got married, we had very few things. We lived a simple life, no luxuries, and it

Chanukah commemorates the miraculous victory of the Maccabees against the Greek/Syrian army. Of course one of the major part of the miracle was the small flask of pure olive oil found in the Beit Hamikdash which was not defiled by the Greeks and still had the seal of the Cohen gadol on it.  This oil