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For Someone Else’s Joy

Though he tolerated the honor for the sake of the school, the public adulation bothered Dovid. Once he complained to the Rebbe, “I can’t stand this. I go to these dinners, and everyone wants to take a picture with me, and they put my picture in the papers. I don’t like it and I don’t want it.”

Weekly Story: Yud Beis Tammuz 2

This week I am posting a powerful saying or thought which I heard during a farbrengen on Yud Beis Tammuz, as well as one of the concepts that I mentioned at a farbrengen. As always, your feedback and comments are most welcome and greatly appreciated. 

Op-Ed: Letting Kids Be Kids

It is now the summertime, and many children are already in for camp — while many other parents are still deciding whether to send theirs. Parents weigh all kinds of considerations. Some are practical and some are emotional. These are valid concerns, and they should first be discussed between the parents. In this article, I would like to openly address a few concerns that are, in my opinion, not valid — and that can even be counter-productive in the long term.