According to Wikipedia, “Bettais a largegenusof small, often colorful, freshwaterray-finned fishesin thegouramifamily.” But a few years ago, there was a Betta fish in the Staum family (the gourami’s never complained to us about it).
The fish was a gift given to our then 3-year-old son, Shalom, by
“It is Sunday. The line of people waiting to see the Rebbe is very long. After hours, I finally find myself face to face with the Rebbe. At first, I
During the last couple of weeks, our three-and-a-half year old son, Dovid, wakes up every morning and asks if it’s Shabbos Kodesh. I wish I could say
Earlier this week someone forwarded me a touchingly beautiful and masterfully produced video, entitled “Letting Go.” Narrated by Rabbi Yoel Gold, it
Early Friday morning this past week, as I was preparing the Gemara I would be teaching in shiur later that day, I recalled a question one of my
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilber zt’l was a legendary leader of Russian Jewry for over three decades. He remained resolutely firm in his faith and practiced
It was an experience I hope no one ever has. It was a Motzei Shabbat at the end of October in 2004. We were living in the Blueberry Hill Apartments
