How do I communicate the joy of this Shabbos, so the reader feels my joy. Highlights: Staying in Lakeview for Shabbos Friday night Carlebach Davening at ASBI Sholom davening with me Friday night Inviting a guest for our Friday night meal Eating by my kids on Shabbos Having great Friday night conversation with our guest …
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Tough week at work. Happy to see Shabbos come. My two boys, Sholem and Tzvi, drove to Florida, to spend a month there. They made it to my daughter in Boynton Beach on Thursday at about 6:00 PM. I was full of joy. My three kids were together in Southern Florida. Eli ate by a …
Over the last three weeks I davened at four different Synagogues. Sephardic Shul of East Boca Raton - Parshas Re’ah - August 22, 2014 – Congregation Yagdil Torah. East Boca Raton - Parshas Ra’ah – August 23, 2014 Anshei Sholem, Chicago - Parshas Shoftim – August 30, 2014 KJBS, Rabbi Franks Shul, Chicago - Parshas Ki Tza’zah – …
Parshas Toldos, November 2, 2013: This Shabbos morning I walked to Anshe Sholem because I needed the walk and the beautiful davening at Anshe Sholem. 1) David, a member whose family goes back over 50 years at Anshei Sholem, and I were walking to the Kiddush. We passed the area for strollers, which had close …
Woke up late and did not feel well. Decided that I needed the round trip 11 mile walk to Anshe Sholom. Left a little late, 8:30 AM. Walking on Broadway, near the Shul, I saw a family with 5 kids walking to Shul. I knew that they could not be from the neighborhood, as it is …
This Shabbos is the greatest Shabbos of the year, Shabbos Nachumu. I remember as a kid looking at the Jewish Press and reading the ads for Shabbos Nachumu weekend in the Catskills and wanted to go. I recommend Rabbi Shamshom Refoel Hirsh’s book on Haftorah. His thoughts ring true to today. His optimism, saying the …
