The Rebbetzin's Husband

First, in the “O Canada” category: The radio is full of reports today that if we make it through the day without measurable snow, we will ha...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ! ] The Torah’s malleability frustrates me at times; the line, “הפך בה והפך בה דכלא בה (Turn it and...

Ever since my Remembrance Day post, I’ve been thinking about a post on sensitivity to the left vs. sensitivity to the right, but it’s not qu...

Mother in Israel has this week’s Haveil Havalim out here , and she mentions Russian olim to Israel: When we arrived in the early 90’s, large...

A couple of mornings ago, a cell phone rang during shacharit (morning services). The owner fled the room, crushing the phone against his sui...

[ Our "Toronto Torah" for this week is now available here . ] I am mulling a post on Embarrassing Ringtones and Personal Creativit...

I’m preparing a parshah shiur for tomorrow, and I’ve chosen Bereishit and Betrayal as a theme. I define “betrayal” as failure to honor a rel...

[ Note: Haveil Havalim is here ! ] I am a big fan of the Treppenwitz blog; David Bogner often makes me laugh as well as think. The other da...

I'll be delivering a shiur on "The Ethics of Second-Hand Smoke" on Sunday evening. Gd-willing, I'll post the audio and vid...

Some dozen years ago, I was hired by a great mentor of mine to translate the Aruch haShulchan's Laws of Shabbos. It was an incredible le...

[ For the record: I have a poppy on my coat today. ] [ Note: This week's "Toronto Torah" is now available here . ] I spoke at ...

This is it; this is the real deal: What if Starbucks Marketed Like the Church? Everything from the reserved parking spots (yes, I had one) t...

I’ve noticed more than a few people walking around with felt poppies attached to their lapels over the past week, in honor of Remembrance Da...

[ This week's Toronto Torah is now available here ! ] Here’s the movie review: “ The actors were stiff, their motions minimalist in the ...

[ Warning: There is no Torah in this post, just frustration. And another reason to wonder about Canada. ] 680 News reported this morning tha...

Almost twenty years ago, I spent a wonderful summer in a YU “Summer Kollel” in Charleston, South Carolina. (I loved it so much that I went b...

[ Haveil Havalim is here ! ] One of the real attractions of my position with our new Beit Midrash in Toronto is the chance to work with our ...

[ Note: This week’s Toronto Torah עלון is now available on-line here . ] One afternoon a few weeks back, while waiting for minchah, I studie...

People need to write divrei torah (brief Torah-based speeches) for various occasions - a family celebration, a funeral ר"ל, a board mee...

[This week's Haveil Havalim is here !] It took me a little while (see here , here and here , for example), but I’m really starting to e...