New Hampshire: Loon Mountain; Zipline in Western MA
THE INFORMATION ON THIS ARTICLE IS NOW LARGELY OUT OF DATE – THE MINYAN HAS MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION AS HAS THE KOSHER FOOD. Loon Mountain Ski Resort (directions from New York) in...
Author: tostien
Satmar Rebbe Biography
There are two English-language biographies of the Satmar Rebbe. I tried them both, and the clear winner is the publication from Israel Book Shop by Rabbi Dovid Meisels. Some Background The Rebbe was clearly exceedingly...
Seeing the Physical World or Seeing Past the Physical
Rabbi Elozar Ben Pedas’s Complaint and Reward Rabbi Elozar ben Pedas was extremely poor. On one occasion after being bled he found he had nothing to eat to regain his strength. He took the skin of...
Boston Vacation – Where to Visit
This is a continuation of Boston Vacation – Basics. This post covers places to visit. The Subway For $2 a ride for adults, and free for kids, your kids get to have fun a...
Mikveh, Relationships, and Using Man’s Desires to Serve the Creator
Articles that begin with discussions about mikveh’s (ritual baths) are usually written from a feminine perspective, and for good reason. It’s a mitzvah carried out by women (along with Shabbos candles, challah, and other...
Why did Purim and the Holocaust end so differently?
The following is adapted largely based on the words of Rabbi Moshe Grylak in Mishpacha magazine, Rabbi Aaron Cohen of Kol Yeshurun in Passaic, NJ, and others. Setting up the Problem The connections between Purim...
What are we, that the Creator Should Care About Us?
Guest Post, by Boruch Katina of Passaic, NJ When contemplating the size of the universe and how small we are, I was wondering “who are we that G-d should pay any attention to...
Religion & The Paradox of Choice – What is Holy (Kadosh)? – Part I
The Paradox of Choice To be “holy,” in the langauge of the Torah is “kadosh.” This literally means to “separate.” The Museum of Science in Boston actually has an entire exhibit, as of 5773...
Always Listen to Your Rebbe
The role of the Rebbe This is one of those anecdotal stories which intersects between Judaism and Patents. Torah observant Jews believe that there was one and only mass revelation where the creator spoke to...
Imagining the 10th Dimension
Imagining the 10th Dimension as a Tool to Approach Infinity Imagining the 10th Dimension is actually a series of videos which neatly packages a lot of current scientific understanding of quantum physics into a...