Learn to Beat Inflation from the Inflation King Parshas Re’eh 5786
In August of 1921, if a German dad wanted to stop on the way home from work and pick up a loaf of fresh rye bread to bring home for dinner, he’d have to shell out a bit less than…
The Rise of the Desert Diamond – Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’av
In 1867, a fifteen-year-old South African boy named Erasmus Jacobs noticed an unusual stone lying near the Orange River as it made its way through his father’s farm. It was yellowish, transparent, and attractive enough that he gave it to…
Here’s what we’re really good at…Parshas Mattos Masei 5786
Let’s talk trash for a moment. It’s one of the few things that American do exceptionally well. The world will throw out over 5 trillion pounds of garbage this year (here’s a visual to help you grasp that: 5,000,000,000,000 pounds!),…
What I remember from lunch 10 years ago… Parshas Pinchas 5786
For ten years, one million men did nothing but eat, drink, sleep, and lay bricks. Brick after backbreaking brick, mile after backbreaking mile, the million-man workforce built a wall like the world had never seen before. Up mountains, along rivers,…
Sometimes, I’m a hypocrite…Parshas Shlach 5786
B”H marrying off our oldest daughter, Orah, in a week from Sunday, and we’d like to invite you to join in our simcha, which will be on June 21, 2026, at 6:30PM at the Fountain Ballroom, 725 Vassar Ave, Lakewood,…
Is someone messing with your mind?
The essay at the beginning of this Shabbos email is a reprint from the Shabbos email sent exactly this Shabbos, Parshas Behaloscha, but in 2019. The message is unfortunately even more relevant today, in a time when the faith in…
Do You See That Scratch? Parshas Nasso 5768
Life isn’t easy, everyone is going to have to go through some tough stuff. But you can put pretty much put people in four baskets, based on when and how frequently they have to swim in the muck. Some people…
The Celebrity Economist Who Forgot to Take His Medicine Parshas Bamidbar/ Shavuos
In[1] the early 20th century, arguably the most famous economist in the world was a man named Irving Fisher[2]. Fisher was not just an economist, he was one of those rare people who seemed to turn anything into gold. His…
International Trade Done with a Kite Parshas Behar Bechukosai 5785
Trade between countries is a good thing. It enables people in Canada to have freshly squeezed orange juice at their breakfast table, and people in Brazil to have maple syrup at theirs. It has created tens of thousands of jobs…
All that Glitters Parshas Emor 5786
When you think of laundry, you probably think of piles of dirty clothing, sitting at the bottom of the laundry chute, waiting to be sorted into darks, lights, and whites. But to a very specific subset of human beings, laundering…
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