INBOX: Don’t You Think It’s Time We Start Parking Normally Again?
The Beis Rivkah bus drivers are going bonkers, I’m sure all the other schools are suffering just the same. And the general residents are not suffering any less.
INBOX: The Million-Dollar Question – Where Is the Security at 770?
Because when $800,000 in security funding is associated with 770, yet the building still feels exposed, something is broken. And pretending otherwise is no longer an option.
Op-Ed: Proper Mechitzos Are Necessary In Shul, What About at the Ohel?
In a Shul, we understand that proper Mechitzos are necessary in order to help people focus on their Davening. If that is true in a regular shul, how much more so in a place like the Ohel, where people are trying to reach deep levels of concentration and emotion in their tefillos.
INBOX: You Daughter is Incredible
Parents, I know sometimes it can feel overwhelming, raising teenagers is no easy task. But from what I saw this summer, you should know that today’s youth are incredible. You daughter is incredible.
INBOX: Many Meetings, Few Answers
I have lived in Crown Heights for decades. When new leadership ran for the Vaad Hakohol and Community Council, I voted, encouraged others to vote, and believed—sincerely—that after years of inertia, something would finally change. Two years in, it’s time for an honest accounting.
RESPONSE: Yeshiva and the Army – The Perfect Shidduch?A Soldier’s Response
Why are so many Chabad bochrim struggling in, and potentially at risk of leaving Yeshiva? A complex question with an assuredly complex answer. I don’t claim to possess it. What I do know is that it is not the Israeli army.
INBOX: When The Son Carries The Father With Him
Sometimes a child carries their father with them in ways nobody else can see.
INBOX: Today is Yud Tes Kislev, Rosh Hashana for Chassidus
Aside from the lack of time, the most common challenge to properly learn any idea in Chassidus is a lack of clarity.
“Wait… I’m Not Ready Yet!” – Helping Children Who Struggle With Transitions
“I’m not ready yet,” he whispers – not with words, but with his entire body. Understanding their world through the child’s eyes changes everything.
INBOX: When A Derech Is Not A Legitimate Approach to Yiddishkeit
May Hashem help that soon, before it’s too late, for the sake of our children, and for the sake of the legitimacy of Lubavitch, our rabbis and leaders will have the courage to publicly declare what needs to be said.
INBOX: Mixed Seating at Concerts
I think we can all agree that concerts are a blast; however, there are some – myself included – who do not do mixed seating.
Op-Ed: Hillel, Dignity, and the Cost of Torah Education
Recently, I completed the registration process for four of my children in a single school. The collective financial burden we’re expected to carry is simply not realistic. By any standard, it’s not normal. The emotions I felt as this reality set in were complex—and conflicting.
Op-Ed: Simchas Torah – We Dance With Torah, Not With Bottles
The simcha of Yom Tov doesn’t come from what is in the glass. It comes from the Torah in our arms. From the circles we make. From the joy we bring with our own voices and feet.
INBOX: Tishrei in Crown Heights – A Call for Order
The question is simple: do we continue to allow chaos, or do we finally find the backbone to keep Crown Heights clean, respectful, and worthy of the name it carries?
Response: We Must Protect 770 — Without Abandoning Hachnosas Orchim
The Op-Ed is right to sound the alarm. What happened on Rosh Hashanah — seats thrown into the street, a Rabbinic table upended, Rabonim ignored while chaos reigned — was intolerable. But responsibility without clear thinking will get us nowhere.
Op-Ed: Yes, It’s Our Community Funding This Chaos
Who is hosting these individuals? We are. Where are they eating? In our homes, or In the lunchrooms of our mosdos. Where are they building their sukkahs? On our school grounds. Where are they sleeping? In trailers on land provided by our community members, and in our own homes.
INBOX: How an Apartment Showing Led to a Shabbos Meal
I asked someone for advice on how to see if she’d want to join a Shabbos meal, and the answer was simple: “Just ask her. What does it hurt?”
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