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Heavenly Hummus with Chef Rabbi Josh
Shavua tov! As promised, here’s Josh’s 1st video, kicking off his 4-daily-video Social Media campaign launch: You can follow Josh at: facebook.com/chefrabbijosh instagram.com/chefrabbijosh tiktok.com/chefrabbijosh youtube.com/chefrabbijosh To receive all of Josh’s videos (this week alone, he will be sending out a new incredible video every day until Rosh Hashana) join his whatsapp channel at https://whatsapp.com/channel/...
read moreMy Husband’s Exciting Launch this SUNDAY!
This coming Sunday, Josh (AKA Chef Rabbi Josh) will be launching a project he’s been working on intensely for the last few months: his Chef Rabbi Josh social media campaign including new pages on Facebook, Instagram as well as a new Whatsapp group (FYI, he’s had a website for a few years now: www.ChefRabbiJosh.com). The launch kicks off with 3 AWESOME, funny, and intriguing videos on Rosh Hashana foods made by Josh and my 17-year-old son Yoel. I was BLOWN AWAY by the videos, check them out, I think you will be too! After Rosh...
read moreY’allah Nasrallah
Remember when Bin Laden was assassinated? And Sadam Hussein? And the joy and relief and gratitude and new hope we felt when an evil man with so much innocent blood on his hands was gone? That was what we felt today in Israel and throughout the Jewish world. The last Shabbat of the year has the power to retroactively fix all the Shabbats of the past year. To fix all the Shabbats since last Simchat Torah when we felt defeated and down and hopeless and despairing about the current situation we are in. And this Shabbat we felt such joy and relief...
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After the Wedding Hall Called off the Wedding…
With Hizbollah missiles falling on Haifa, inside gatherings have been restricted to up to 100 participants so local wedding halls have been forced to close down. When this couple’s hall canceled right before the wedding, the bride and groom decided the show must go on. What better response to our enemies determined to annihilate us than the establishment of a new Jewish home built on a foundation of love and Torah in the land of Israel? Family, friends and neighbors sang, danced, and rejoiced into the late hours of the night with the...
read moreMy Flight that Almost Wasn’t
I’m writing this on a plane to Israel, somewhere between Iceland and Ireland. I was pretty sure I’d miss this Boston-Tel Aviv flight because my flight to Boston was delayed by an hour and a half on account of stormy weather, getting me to the opposite end of Boston’s airport shortly before my flight’s scheduled take off. On the delayed flight to Boston, during the drink service I told the flight attendant that I had a very tight connection for my flight to Israel. What happened next and time and time again during the...
read moreMy Hitchhiking Angel by an IDF Soldier
The man in this photo is Nadav from Ashdod. I hitched a ride with him from Ashkelon to move forward a bit to the next junction. He was going to reach his home in Ashdod in 10 minutes. But as soon as he heard that I had just left Gaza, even though I insisted and insisted that there was no need, he informed me that Jerusalem is actually on the road between Ashkelon and Ashdod and added a 3-hour detour (including all the traffic jams of Highway 1!) just to help a soldier get some more time at home. What an unbelievable nation we are! With...
read moreIsaiah 2024
I’m in Baltimore until Monday helping my father adjust to being back home after being in the hospital and rehab for 2 months.It’s a strange feeling being in Baltimore now, like I flew 12 hours only to find myself in a suburb of Israel.At shul this morning, the rabbi’s sermon focused on the war in Israel. And all the flyers by the entrance and the signs outside the shul are about the war in Israel. And the Baltimore policeman on guard and his car sitting outside the shul have replaced the private guards the shul use to employ...
read moreThe Dentist and the Reservist
My daughter just told me this incredible story she heard from a friend who’s spent much of the past year fighting in Gaza. Here’s what he told her:“A few weeks ago, for the first time in weeks, I got to spend a weekend at home with my family, from Thursday until Sunday morning. Unfortunately, on Friday evening my tooth started to ache.“After Shabbat, there was no way to reach the regular public clinic I usually go to. So I contacted a private dentist someone recommended. I told the dentist about my predicament, that I...
read moreChabad Rabbi Blows Shofar for his Fellow Airplane Passengers
Rabbi Stone from the Chabad of the Lower East Side blows shofar for all the passengers when he takes commercial flights during Elul. At a time when so many Jews are trying to stay under the radar, Rabbi Stone is standing up and saying: I’m a Jew, and I’m proud, and I’m going to share the special light in my heritage with the...
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