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A True Friend
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him, “Herman, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on the 280. Please be careful!” “Goodness,” said Herman, “It’s not just one car – it’s hundreds of them!” […]
Words Matter!
Words Matter! “A person shall not violate his word, but fulfill everything that emerges from his mouth.” Our Torah puts great emphasis on words and how we express ourselves, as King Solomon wrote:”Life and death are in the power of the tongue.” Speech has a central part in our tradition, from the daily priestly blessings […]
Transform the past
A law graduate attends a job interview at a law firm, but unfortunately, the interviewer is not impressed. Frustrated, the interviewing attorney finally says, “Sir, with all due respect, if you’re not serious about this, why did you come here?” “It’s not my fault,” answers the graduate, “my professor’s the one who educated me – […]
Parashat Balak
Even smart people say stupid things YouTube Founder Steve Chen: “(I am worried that) there’s just not that many videos people want to watch.” (February 2005) Later selling YouTube for $1.65B to Google Bilam in his interaction with G-d thought that there were things that G-d did not know, and therefore he believed that he would be […]
Stop searching
A passerby notices a man searching for something at the base of a streetlamp late at night. “Lost something?” he asks. “Yes,” answers the man, “a large sum of money…” “Where did you lose it?” asks the stranger. “Somewhere down there,” says the man, pointing towards the opposite end of the dark street. “Then why […]
