Memorial Day Weekend This Shabbos I had tremendous Siyatah Dishmaya – Divine Providence. I was in Shul Shabbos morning and I am a pacer. As I was walking out the Shul at its back entrance to study Daf Yomi in the back yard, I noticed an old Sefer sitting by the Rabbi’s seat. I picked …
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Week of Parshas Va-era
Sunday – December 30, 2019: Got up from Shiva for my mother. Tuesday – January 1, 2019: Walked along the Lakefront and then went to Anshe Sholom for Mincha/Maariv. Compare the pictures one year apart: January 1, 2019: December 31, 2017 Thursday - January 3, 2019: Took Naftali Glenner for Mincha / Maariv. Shabbos – …
Parshas Chai Sarah 2018
November 4, 2018 Week was tough. I do not recall why. Friday night – November 2, 2018: Ate by the Glenners. Karen and Mattityahu came in. Sholom ate with us and Tzvi came late. I said over a Vort from Aish Kodesh, I heard from Rabbi Efraim Goldberg. It was from Dr. Henry Abramson’s new …
Week of Parshas Toldos: 2018
Week of Parshas Toldos: November 6, 2018 – missed the weddings of the Benjamins and the Roberts. I had tickets, but I had to present a loan. November 7, 2018 – Bicycled to Anshei Sholom for morning prayers. Walked in on a Bris of the Perls. I was dressed with my blanket grey sweats. I …
Shabbos Parshas Hazeinu
September 22, 2018 Yom Kippur is over. Time for Succos. Chazzan Silber is long but I enjoy his Davening. Had a tough week. September 18th, Erev Yom Kippur, was my 65th Birthday and I was not in a good mood. I did not respond to any well wishers. On Thursday I picked up my mother-in-law …
A 17 Year Phone Call – Rabbi Leibel Korf
Chabad of Los Feliz Arvus of Love September 7, 2018: I received a call from Rabbi Leibel Korf of Las Feliz (a neighborhood in LA, part of the Hollywood Hills). Refer to my post of February 18, 2018 – Chabad of Los Feliz: A Celebration of a Dream Come True. I donated a Mezuzah to …
August 8 Toronto Trip
August 8 - 12, 2018 29 Elul 5778 – Yahrzeit of my Father-in Law Reb Itamar Yaakov Janowski: 1922 - August 16, 2004 Parshas Re’eh Wednesday- August 8, 2018: We left for our family trip to Toronto for our dear father’s and grandfather’s 13th Yahrzeit. We left at 7:00 PM with myself, my wife Serka, …
Trip to YU
CHANI'S GRADUATION TOUR OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY VISIT AUNT SHIRLEY MAZA MONDAY – MAY 14th 2018: 1:00 PM - Arrived at Midway for my flight to LaGuardia. Very excited. I have a carry-on case and a suit bag. I took two suitcases for Chani to bring things home. 4:00 PM – Arrived at LaGuardia. Netanel, Karen’s …
PARSHAS BAHA’LOSCHA 2018
PARSHAS BAHA’ALOSCHA: June 2, 2018 Summer is finally setting in. The weather is always great. This Parsha has special significance to me. Seven years ago I was by Anshe Sholom sitting at the tables at the corner of Broadway and Melrose; the weather was perfect; it was about 1.5 hours before Shabbos; , I was …
Shabbos Parshas Shimini – April 13 -14, 2018
Sheloshim for Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski Yahrzeit for the Yunge Bubbi- 1 Rosh Chodosh Iyar The Legacy of Nadav V’Avihu Sheloshim for Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski This Shabbos is the Sheloshim for our dear Uncle, Avraham Mordechai Janowski. His parents, Eliyahu and Shoshana Bracha Janowski, had 4 children; Kelcha, Simon (my father-in-law), Sam, and the …
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