
Naming My Daughter
Hashem has an interesting way of orchestrating events. When He gives us the opportunity to look back in time, we...
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Shoeshine Encounter
Was scheduled for an important meeting out of state. Woke up bright and early one morning, quickly davened with a...
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Hair Dryer Fire
Once a month we sanctify the new moon by reciting a blessing and special prayers. We praise Hashem as being...
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Holy Sifrei Torah Room
The outbreak of Covid caused havoc all over the world. There was a total lockdown. Life as we knew it,...
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Manna From Heaven
Trying to make ends meet, on a Rebbe's salary in the late 1970's, was not easy. Needed to seek some...
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WITH OUR WHOLE נשמה
If Hashem didn't lead me to that specific place at that specific time, I would have missed out on everlasting...
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Rav Michels Levaye
Had an unforgettable, special Rebbi in Yeshiva Ketane Ohel Yaakov, who left an everlasting impression upon me. He was a...
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MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
Many years ago my Aunt Esther Friedman became a widow. A few years later she happened to meet a wonderful...
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Orchestrating Our Lives
Hashem is always orchestrating our lives. Not always do we merit to notice it right away, let alone feel it....
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Burial On Har Hazeysim
It has been my custom, to travel to Eretz Yisroel every year, to honor the memories of my parents, at...
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The Chair Lift
In the late 1950's I traveled through the Canadian Rocky Mountains with my parents and siblings. Still remember the snow...
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Golfing in Georgia
Being a Rebbi and supporting a family in the early 1980s was not easy. Many colleagues, myself included, needed to...
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The Forgotten Raincoat
It was a rainy Shabbos. My raincoat accompanied me to and from shul throughout the day. Motzei Shabbos I left...
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Torn Retina
There are times in our lives that only after an experience or difficult challenge, do we realize Hashem's Divine Providence,...
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The Parking Space
We are taught that every person's income for the upcoming year is decided by Hashem. It is firmly Established every...
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Saying Birchas Hamazon from a Siddur
We are always encouraged to recite Birchas Hamozon from a Siddur. It is not always easy to do, especially when...
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