Here’s the story behind our family costume at UAlbany Purim 2018:
The theme is “Jewish Frame of Mind” and its supposed to mimic those overlays, adornments, ribbons or filters people use to frame their social media profile pictures (for a … Read the rest
...This began as a series or thread of tweets, so we may add some more ideas as we celebrate Purim – and eat more Hamantaschen…
#Hamantaschen may just be a #Purim cookie treat, but perhaps a #Hamantasch has more in … Read the rest
...One of the big stories of Superbowl LII is the contrast of the two quarterbacks in the biggest game of 2018: Tom Brady for the Patriots and Nick Foles for the Eagles.
Tom Brady is one of the best QB’s … Read the rest
...In honor of Shabbos Shira, thought it would be nice to take a closer look at one of the Shabbos songs that many of our Shabbos Lunch’ers know.
The words or lyrics to Dror Yikra go back 1000+ years, just … Read the rest
...Thanksgiving 2008. That Thanksgiving we were glued to the computer for days, watching online the grueling days of the unfolding saga of the terror attacks in Mumbai India, which culminated in a vicious attack on the Chabad House, known as … Read the rest
...This Winter 5778 (2017-2018) we were home hosting Cozy Shabbat only 2 of the 5 weekends. On the first weekend of break we were away in Michigan for a family Bar-Mitzvah road trip, another weekend we spent visiting alumni on … Read the rest
...With all the cold raging outside, we thought it appropriate to share a collection of stories and inspiration about “internal” warmth.
First a few links from past “mendels messages” posts:
1) Surrounded by Barrels – this short Russian story is … Read the rest
...New Years 2018 was our first opportunity to drive a hybrid car, a Ford Fusion Hybrid to be exact. As the Baal Shem Tov taught, and as we are wont to do, here are two life-lessons we learned from our … Read the rest
...We did a whole Torah-Tuesday class on this, all based on this saying from Zeide Moshe Rubin:
He used to say: Tea and Tehillim are always good, but they have to be hot!
Let me explain. In the old-times, no … Read the rest
...One day this Chanukah 2017 I shared two Chanukah stories with my 7th graders at the Maimonides School in Albany. They asked, “Hey, both these stories are about Chanukah in the forest, deep in the woods. How come?” I started … Read the rest
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