Anecdotes

At the beginning of World War II, the Brisker Rav was in Warsaw and bombs were falling all around. The people who were with him at that time were having an argument over whether it was safer to stay in the basement, protected from a direct hit, or if the basement was actually more dangerous, as o...

When you warm other people’s hearts, you remain warm yourself. When you seek to support, encourage and inspire others; then you discover support, encouragement and inspiration in your own life as well.  

The ;LUBAVITCHERS say the king lives forever.The VISHNITZERS have 2 kings. ;The GERERS wont let the king stand next to the queen.The YERUSHALMIS wont let the soldiers (pawns) into their area.Those from MEAH SHEARIM wont move out of their area.MODERNERS dont want black and white.The SEFARDIM want ...

The only way to describe our great friend Jack* is that his accomplishments in the realm of Gilui Arayos were of a scale never before seen by humanity. ; With technology at his hand and his unprecedented use of media, he did for Arayos what Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Stalin did for Retzicha combined...

Have you heard of Rav Motta Frank? Not so many people know his name. The truth is he doesn’t allow people to call him Rav Motta Frank, at least not in his presence. He makes everyone call him Motta. Rav Motta Frank is a ;rav ;and ;mashpia ;in the Breslov community in ;Meah Shearim ;and has a ;mos...

I remember hearing a powerful story about ;Reb Moshe Leib M'Sosov who's yartzeit was this past week I think. ;It was on a Parshas Bo that Reb Moishe Leib was in Lizensk for shabbos as a guest of R' Elimelech. During the seuda he got up to say a vort on the parsha. ;The offering is called korbon...

As an El-Al plane landed on ;Chanukkah ;at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, the voice of the Captain came on: ;"To those who are still seated, we wish you a Merry X-mas, and hope that you enjoy your stay ... and to those of you standing in the aisles, we wish you a Happy Chanukah, and welcome back h...

A couple of days ago, I was leering at women with lust. How I got stuck back there, isn't really the point. ; I was stuck! ; I didn't even really want to look that way- I was seeing them that way, in spite of not wanting to. ; It was painful - I knew it was not good, and I asked G-d for help to s...

This morning, as I was driving to work, cars zipping by me, a furry little squirrel streaked in front of my car. I gasped, but it was instantaneous. Looking in horror in my mirror, I saw its crushed body, saw it lift its head confusedly and fall limply back down. My heart screamed in terror and w...

I think somewhere in the holy books (maybe Rambam) it says that you know that you actually have done tshuvo is when the same situation arises, you withstand the temptation this time. I'm sure Machshova Tova can find the chapter and verse and the exact loshoin, in fact I would be grateful if you d...