by Mordechai Dixler | Jun 7, 2012 | Lifeline
Linus, of Peanuts comic strip fame, sits down for a bowl of cereal. After pouring the milk he runs off to find a book to enjoy with his cereal. First he looks for the sports section of the paper or the comics, but he can’t find either. He nervously scans the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 1, 2012 | Lifeline
Prior to Shavuos, our family went to a Sunday brunch celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of a cousin. At some point, I found myself in conversation with the uncle of the honoree, also a cousin and, of course, of my own generation. One of us got a text message, I believe,...
by Mordechai Dixler | May 25, 2012 | Lifeline
The monumental day of Shavuos approaches, marking G-d’s giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. Torah is G-d’s instructions for living, and we certainly recognize the benefit of having this Divine book — but perhaps we don’t recognize what a crucial...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | May 18, 2012 | Lifeline
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with a visitor to our website, a woman in her mid-50s. Sarah* was baptized as a child and grew up “in the church,” but always felt an affinity to the Jewish People. She even recalls mentioning to her parents that...
by Mordechai Dixler | May 10, 2012 | Lifeline
As mentioned previously, the 50 days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuos are known as the time of “Counting the Omer.” Today is the 33rd day of the count, the holiday of Lag B’Omer, which is notable for two reasons. Twenty-Four thousand...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | May 4, 2012 | Lifeline
On Monday, Paul Miller, a Senior Editor at a “technology-focused news publication” called The Verge, announced that he was quitting the Internet for a year. He’s switched to a “dumb” phone, and has pledged to neither use the Internet nor...
