JFX Ramblings

Enjoy The Moment A good friend of mine, Rabbi Yisrael Tzvi Serebrowski, is a rabbi in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He recently shared is simpl...

Planting Carobs Choni Hame’agel, a Talmudic figure, once met an old man planting a carob tree. “How long will it take to grow?” he asked. ...

Hidden Messages The other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine and the topic turned to "charity collectors." The...

Words Matter Those of us who write this ramble, or anything really, know that every word counts. The words you choose evoke all kinds of em...

Soul Purpose My grandmother's father, lovingly known as “Pa Fink,” was on his deathbed in Scranton, PA. It was June of 1965, and his da...

20 Minutes My friend’s son is getting married. Mazel tov! She asked me if I’d help her create “evites” for the wedding. I think it’s gre...

Eye Vey! A few weeks ago, my young son, Chaim, received an injury in the form of a blow to the eye. How he suffered that injury will be lef...