David Sacks Seder Cheat Sheet!
Here is a special piece I wrote on the Haggadah!! Four Seder Meditations by David Sacks The Dzjikover Rebbe brings that the full gematria…
The Holiness of Humor
It is said that science describes the process through which something comes into being, but Torah describes why that thing exists. Put another way,…
What The Butterfly Knows
Reb Shlomo Carlebach used to say these words all the time, and whenever he did, whoever heard them was instantly put in touch with…
In My Father’s Footsteps
It's one of those one-in-a-zillion stories. The type my father likes to say would give a computer a nervous breakdown. It begins in 1946.…
Becoming You
There is a fascinating dialectic contained within Rosh Hashana. On one hand, it's the beginning of the new year. And yet Rosh Hashana actually…
Keeping Shabbos In Hollywood
Shortly after I first started keeping Shabbos, I got my first job as a staff writer on a sit-com. It was the ninety-ninth rated…
Mourning the Loss of A Loved One
Anyone who's lost a parent, or any loved one, goes through the inevitable process of wondering whether they've been abandoned by G-d. Part of…
Why I Write For Farbrengen
I write for Farbrengen because of the person who might read something inspiring and smile, or say hello to someone homeless, or start lighting…
A Place For The Light
This is the story about a silver plate. It was a trophy I won for finishing in first place at the Harvard National Invitational…
Reb Shlomo and Torah
Sometimes being a complete ignoramus has its advantages. I grew up across the street from Reb Shlomo Carlebach zt’l shul in New York City,…