G Which Is It ? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS   Chanukah Gelt or Chanukah Guilt that is the question?!   Somehow, we’ve trained ourselves to give Gifts for this holiday. And it wouldn’t be so bad if it was just a one day holiday. But, the true Chanukah miracle is that we make…

What’s In A Shape? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS   Show me the box. I just want to see that box.   I need to understand what is so terrific about it?   Or- in the alternative what is so terrible about it?   Everyone is either feeling so happy and confident because they…

Help Us Smile Again Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS In this world of pain there’s promise. Promise of a better tomorrow. And fear there will be a worse one. Sometimes we get major whacks. Sometimes individually, and sometimes as a group, as we did last Saturday in the United States. Sometimes, it’s too soon…

So How Many Mitzvahs Are There? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS     I never realized how complicated the idea of trying to perform a mitzvah is.   For instance, everyone says there are 613 mitzvot and that seems so overwhelming. But when you want to actually do one, you realize so many don’t…

Who is Counting? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS     So, there’s this diet, 30 in 30.   Supposedly it means, you lose 30 lbs. in thirty days, which does not sound that easy to believe. Except, I just did it. That’s right friends, I bet some of you out there did it too.…

Can You Beat the System? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS     It never fails.   You have a really big day tomorrow, and sleep alludes you!   You stay in bed turning and twisting but sleep just looms somewhere in the distance.   And if that’s not challenging enough, once you do fall…

Why? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS     I’m not complaining. I’m just saying…. Like could you have taken it to the bank that on the summer’s very first gorgeous Sunday we’d have a Fast day? And of course, the best beach day ever?!  One, so hot, we couldn’t take advantage of, or we’d…

  APs!???   Did they not have them when I was in high school, or was I just not a candidate?   Still, let me review the concept though!   Kids take college level classes in high school, that are reputed to be even more difficult than they are in college. For many, it’s for…

  My brain is really struggling! How do you make a low calorie dairy meal? Especially if you don’t have a fish eater, that is?!   Okay- take salad? Today-find me a salad that doesn’t have a crouton, soup noodle, terra chips, nacho, or a fruit medley infiltrating in it. These are not salads. These…

  And the crowd goes wild….   Thank you Rav Shimon Bar Yochei….   So, there we are, finally reunited with the melodic tunes filling the air. No more—bum chi bum, chi bum, chi bah bah bah …….   As enjoyable as a cappella is, there’s nothing like a full scale back up band.  …