Pesach 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Z’man Chayrusaynu 14 Nissan 5771/April 18, 2011 One of the many recent technological innovations is ebooks. If you have an ipad or smartphone you can upload an app that puts a book onto the device. The book reads itself, with the word being read highlighted. The child viewing the program […]

ACHREI MOS/SHABBOS HAGADOL 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Acharei Mos/Hagadol 11 Nissan 5771/April 15, 2011 A friend of mine recently texted me the following (true?) story: A woman was breathlessly moving her couch so she could clean behind it before Pesach, when a neighbor walked in and asked, “Why don’t you wait for your husband […]

METZORA 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Metzora 4 Nissan 5771/April 8, 2011 On Friday, April 1, 2011, Southwest Flight 812 took off from Phoenix heading to Sacramento with 118 people aboard. As the plane coasted at an altitude of 34,000 feet, the passengers aboard the Boeing 737-300 heard a bang followed by the […]

TAZRIA/HACHODESH 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tazriah/Hachodesh 26 Adar II 5771/April 1, 2011 Are smart phones making us dumber? In January, Cathy Cruz Marrero, 49, was replying to a text message from a friend when she fell head-first into a water fountain at the Berkshire mall in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. In an interview on […]

SHEMINI/PARAH 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Shemini/Parah 19 Adar II 5771/March 25, 2011 In a Washington Post article titled “Expecting the expenses”, dated December 9, 2007, journalist Michael Rosenwald calculated that it will likely cost him $340,552 to raise his child until age 17. When you figure that the average American family has […]

TZAV/ZACHOR PURIM 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Tzav/Zachor/PURIM 12 Adar II 5771/March 18, 2011 31 DAYS TO GET RID OF ALL CHOMETZ No this is not a discussion about shaitels or a new recipe for Potato Kugel (delicious, yet fat free). Actually it is my chance to finally get to express my opinions for […]

VAYIKRA 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayikra 5 Adar II 5771/March 11, 2011 What a winter it’s been! Aside for the extreme cold we have been hit with relentless snowfall. As the holidays of Purim and Pesach approach and we prepare to change our clocks to Daylight Savings Time we anticipate warmer and […]

PEKUDEI 5771- PARSHAS SHEKALIM

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Pikudei/Shekalim 27 Adar I 5771/March 4, 2011 Did you ever say the right thing and mean it with the best of intentions, only to realize – to your dismay – that your words were understood totally in the wrong way, or were taken out of context? A […]

VAYAKHEL 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayakhel 21 Adar I 5771/Febuary 25, 2011 Background music; it’s practically everywhere. You can hardly go shopping anywhere without music playing overhead as you browse through the merchandise in a store. In fact, you can probably learn a lot about a store, like what kind of clientele […]

KI SISA 5771

Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Ki Sisa PURIM KATAN 14 Adar I 5771/Febuary 18, 2011 We have made a startling discovery: Our home is rigged. There are little microphones and video cameras stationed throughout our home, recording almost everything we say and do. Those little cameras are there when we wake up […]