Purim: Permission to Defend — By Ben
Not more than a couple of weeks ago, I was wasting time on Facebook, when I came across something that stopped me cold. A friend had posted “Man Shot in […]
Not more than a couple of weeks ago, I was wasting time on Facebook, when I came across something that stopped me cold. A friend had posted “Man Shot in […]
My mother may have had a stroke, God forbid. On Monday, my parents were taking the dog for a walk and on the way home, my mother felt tired. Upon […]
If you count your months via January, February, and March opposed to Tishrei, Cheshvan, and Kislev, you’ve probably noticed that Jewish holidays bounce around a bit. Some years Chanukah is […]
I’m sure I’ll probably say this regarding every holiday, but man, if Purim isn’t all about bitachon, I don’t know what is. In recent weeks, I’ve been writing about the […]
Purim is about what is… and what isn’t. It is about things hidden and revealed.It is about taking action and taking things into our own hands, but knowing that even […]
In screenwriting there is what is known as an act break. Movie structure generally has 3 acts, the set up, the fun and games, and the final act. (Technically there […]
Purim is rapidly approaching and before we know it we’ll all be sporting costumes, eating hamentashens, and drinking till we don’t know which way is up or down. Just kidding, […]
This year Purim won’t be in the month of Adar. Well, it’s not going to be in the first Adar. It’ll be in the second one. Second one? Funny story. […]
During Purim, we are commanded to go HEAR the Megillah. “One is required to hear the Megillah twice during Purim, once during the night and a second time during the […]
If you’re reading this on the day it was published, you are in the midst of one of the many fast days in the Jewish calendar. This one being the […]