Just want to let you know that there’s lots of controversy around Hanukkah. It’s not something giant, it’s just always wait a minute- which way do we put in the candles? Do we light from right to left or left to right or put in the candles right to left or left, right?  …

  Did you ever notice that whenever you’ve packed for a week trip to Israel – you might as well be going on Aliyah.   Because, you pack and pack ……and pack.   But why so much?  Some may say there are weather concerns, or you may need an extra outfit or two, you may…

  Trying to get everything done….Trying to buy as much as you can…Trying to fill all your needs. Standing on long lines with all your purchases.  Feeling pressured, feeling rushed.  Trying to do it all before the end of the day.   They call it Black Friday. I call it every Friday!!! The venue, of…

  Honestly, I don’t know why we don’t call this holiday – Thanks Chicken?  After all, it’s all about the foul. How big, how many pounds, how many can it feed?!   We don’t want to just eat a meal and not know what we are celebrating! We all love meaning!  I guess it was…

  There’s Always An Udder Way To Look At It! Milking cows, feeding chickens, or trying to catch the poaching fox, that, use to keep people pretty busy first thing in the AM. Today- it’s battling traffic, waiting in the cold for the school bus, or navigating the ins and outs of the neighborhood during…

  “I need something to eat!!!!!”- Is probably the last phrase anyone is likely to utter these days. At least, If they’ve just been through the last bout of holidays. Not to, Gd forbid, reduce the holidays to an eating marathon! Still, if we think that, in general, we eat way too much on a…

  Are you soaked and wet?  Are you roaming around in the dark?  Is your roof still on? I know this sounds like a question I should be asking you after a rainy Succahs night!  But, I’m asking it to the people who were not in the hurricane zones.   The way life often works…

  You’ve got to be impressed with this religion. In preparation for the fast day, we have a fast day! One would have thought that one was enough in such a short time period.   The 10 days of repentance start and end with a fast day! So maybe there’s a way to look at…

Do we really wonder why there is more anxiety these days than ever before?!   Imagine when many of us were kids. What made us nuts? I can’t even remember! Maybe a lot of what we heard about, or our history. But in general I think just upcoming tests or friends leaving us out. Not…

  We are very into abbreviations. Especially, now that we communicate almost more by text than talk. People just don’t talk much anymore. They won’t say I’m a Physician’s Assistant or a Physical Therapist. They’ll say I’m a PA or a PT.   But think back-Did anyone ever used to say I’m a BM. Well,…