Who Am I? // The decision is ours to make
Several weeks ago, our son Rabbi Efraim of Chicago took a contingent of men, mostly members of his shul, Congregation Khal Chasidim, on a...
Medical Minute // Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented?
Chronic pain after injury or surgery causes sometimes debilitating suffering in countless people. But there is a biological process that leads from acute pain...
Full circle // How one woman went from being an irreligious left-wing Israeli...
How did it happen? With some surprising twists along the way. This is Moran Koors’ story.
After her parents got divorced in the early 1990s, when...
Saying It with Flowers // The tradition continues by Hindy Kviat
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here would be nothing remarkable about my friend buying her mother flowers for her birthday, except for one thing. It wasn’t her mother’s birthday;...
Medical Minute // Is a Daily Baby Aspirin on the Way Out?
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or years, doctors have told most of their older patients to take a baby aspirin every day to lessen their risk of a heart...
Ask Forgiveness and Repair // It’s not enough to say, “I’m sorry!”
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any people are familiar with the story of Dovid and Tamar Scheinberg. In the turbulent early days of the pandemic, their wedding had been aggressively...
A Sister’s Sacrifice // She had kept it secret for almost 70 years...
Gitta’s stooped shoulders may be weighed down by her 90 years, but her heart is directed heavenward. The morning is thick with humidity as...
One Tiny Crystal // Would I be lying in bed forever, watching...
It was Motzaei Yom Kippur and I couldn’t fall asleep. I’d fasted well and felt perfectly fine; perhaps I was wired from the cup...
Once Upon a Time // Reflections on the yearning for yichus By Ruchama Feuerman
Once upon a time, for a brief moment, I had yichus. Not your everyday kind, but the illustrious, big-time yichus that gives you bragging...
The Aftereffects of a Kiddush Hashem // It was a pleasant surprise in...
It was Elul in Lakewood, and in Rav Rosenblatt’s yeshivah the talmidim had assembled for a shmuess. The rosh yeshivah spoke about the importance...
