I’m Feeling LonelyParshas Vayishlach 5784

I’m Feeling Lonely
Parshas Vayishlach 5784

Dying, like birth, is something best done alone. But while in birthing there are occasional Buy One Get One Free twin deals, when it comes to dying, if two people are dying together it is usually the result of a tragedy like a car accident or fire. And while we all hope to die alone,

Who are You?Parshas Vayeitzei 5784

Who are You?
Parshas Vayeitzei 5784

“There is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9) This of course also applies to the topics we humans love to fight about. For millennia we’ve been arguing about the ideal temperature in the house in winter time, and an entirely different argument about the ideal temperature in summer time. We argue about the benefits

Do You Want to Drive? Parshas Toldos

Do You Want to Drive?
Parshas Toldos

I can’t wait for the self-driving car. I can’t wait to get into my car, which will know where I’m going because it’s connected to my calendar, and take out a book and start reading, or take out my laptop and start working. My car spends the next twenty minutes driving; I spend it working,

Trick Or Woof WoofParshas Chayei Sara 5784

Trick Or Woof Woof
Parshas Chayei Sara 5784

I remember seventy-six cent gas. Just saying that makes me feel like a dinosaur, but I do remember gas selling for seventy-six cents a gallon. I had a good buddy who lived down in Memphis, and he once took a picture of himself in front of a gas station with a sign displaying sixty-seven cent

When I Administer Pain… Parshas Vayera 5784

When I Administer Pain…
Parshas Vayera 5784

High on the list of my least favorite things to do is giving medicine to my children, especially the really small ones. This past Shabbos, I noticed that my son, who just turned one, was feeling a bit warm. The next day he woke up with a slight rash on his face, and a lot

You Think an Atom Bomb is Bad? Parshas Lech Lecha 5783

Little Boy, the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, used one hundred and forty one pounds of enriched uranium to produce its big bang. With improved technology, today’s nuclear bombs can be created with thirty five pounds of Uranium-235 or even nine pounds of Plutonium-239. But there is a material far deadlier than enriched uranium or