Middos and Mussar
Gratitude to Hashem and to people.
When someone does you a favor, a standard response is often, “Shkoyach.” “Can you please pass the gefilte fish?” “Sure.” “Shkoyach.” But what does shkoyach actually mean?
When someone does you a favor, a possible response is “Shkoyach.” “Can you please pass the gefilte fish?” “Sure.” “Shkoyach.” What does shkoyach mean?
At the end of elementary school, one young student resolutely decided to stop celebrating birthdays, feeling it was a frivolous custom reserved for little kids, like tagging along with the family to the zoo on Chol…
Yosef, the son of Rebbe Yehoshua, was sick and temporarily expired (Bava Basra 10b). During that brief lapse, he was given a glimpse of the World to Come.
On erev Shabbos Parshas Bo, a Far Rockaway resident decided to bring a gift for his friend’s shalom zachar. He spent 35 minutes on the round-trip delivery route.
There are some questions surrounding the details of the marriage of Rebbe Akiva to Rachel, the daughter of Kalba Savua. According to the Ben Yehoyada (Nedarim 50a), the following is what transpired.
Devin McLean and his store manager were about to close the AutoZone in York County, Virginia, when a gunman barged into the store. McLean was left in a restroom while the gunman made the manager open the store safe.
My brother-in-law, an avid Mets fan, was once rushed to the hospital on a Friday night. The Yankees were playing in the postseason. In the spirit of a bitter Mets fan, he was rooting for the opposing team.
Devin McLean and his store manager were about to close the AutoZone store in York County, Virginia, where they work when a gunman barged in.
The Shulchan Aruch writes that if one passes a place where a miracle occurred to him, he recites the blessing of “she’asah li neis ba’makom ha’zeh.” It is clear from the Mishnah Berurah that the miracle in question has…
The story is told of a group of friends that made a pact that after 120 years they would visit each other in the after-life. One who was in Gehinnom met his friend who was in Gan Eden.
Rabbi Akiva and Rachel live on straw after Kalba Savua disowns them. Eliyahu HaNavi comes begging for straw, to show them others have even less.
