Posted in Holidays, Nature on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
This is an amazing time lapse clip of Cherry Blossoms complied from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, on Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s famed Cherry Walk.
This should get you in the perfect mood for Birckas HaIlan. The blessing over trees is mentioned in the Talmud (Brachos [...]
Posted in Fun, Holidays on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Joking, I’m Joking!
Posted in Holidays on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Last year, I posted some pictures from my visit to the Chareidim Shemurah Matzoh Bakery.
This past Sunday, my wife, two of my daughters and I stopped in to “Chareidim” to buy our matzah, they have the thinnest, crispiest matzah that my wife absolutely insists on. One of the great things about going there is [...]
Posted in Holidays on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, Temunot has been around just about one year and I was planning on reposting some earlier posts that some new readers (yes, both of you) might not have seen. Here is one of my first Temunot posts to get you in the Purim mood.
Here we go.
The first pic is of my family in [...]
Posted in Holidays on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Another interesting coin that my daughter saw at the Living Torah Museum was minted by Shimon Bar Kochba and depicts the pach shemen (flask of oil) as it appeared in the Beis HaMikdash, Bar Kochba had actually seen it.
Posted in Holidays, Judaism on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »
My daughter, Rina, recently visited the Living Torah Museum which she thoroughly enjoyed or, as she said, “You should tell them it’s amazing, they should all go!” Of the many interesting items she viewed, I thought that this coin depicting Antiochus Epiphannes was quite interesting. The museum is in Brooklyn and tours can [...]
Posted in Family, Fun, Holidays on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Posted in Holidays on September 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Please check out a piece I wrote, Drop by Drop on Beyond Teshuvah.
Posted in Family, Holidays, Judaism on July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I wrote this on motzei Tisha B’Av, two years ago. It subsequently appeared in Horizons Magazine and on Lazer Beams.
This Tisha B’Av, unlike most years, I decided to pray at the late afternoon minyan, around 7:20 PM. As always, my eight-and-a-half year old son jumped at the opportunity to come to shul. He stood, [...]
Posted in Holidays on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last year, I wrote this piece for Beyond Teshuva:
This morning it hit me. Rosh Chodesh Av is amongst the strangest of days.
As we’re aware, Rosh Chodesh Av marks the commencement of the nine day mourning period culminating in the most tragic and mournful day of the year, Tisha B’Av. As the gemorah states “MiShenichnas Av [...]
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