Mourn

We have all seen some great Vaudeville or movie clip of someone being caught unaware, getting acquainted with a 2 x 4 ...

Rabbi Harold Kushner once wrote, “Ask the average person which is more important to him, making money or being devoted ...

Living in a house full of readers, I often find my book—the book that I reserved from the library to ...

“Do not go gentle in to that Good Night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light”These two verses by ...

The images of the secular New Year—Times Square, Champagne in fancy glasses, funny hats and noisemakers—are all fun and happy. ...

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

There were a couple of times when I said Kaddish in some unconventional or “unorthodox” circumstances, but they were quite ...

The recitation of Kaddish benefits both the soul of the departed loved one, as well as the mourner.

In October 2013, when I bought my tickets to see Cher’s Dressed to Kill tour, which would be playing down ...

A few days ago, I ran across an article asking a rabbi what a person could do instead of going ...

Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...

On Friday, December 14, 2012, I heard the news in the car. Shots were being fired in an elementary school ...