Shabbos on the Farmyard

Rochel Gross

Many Yidden, especially in Eretz Yisrael, work in places that cannot close down on Shabbos. How about farms? Cows need to be fed and milked daily. Is there a way to work on Shabbos without desecrating this holy day? I spoke to a farmer and the director of the Institute for Science and Halachah.

It Happened to Me: Stitches on Erev Shabbos

Rhona Lewis

I think the surgeon was pushed there by the Tehillim that my siblings were saying at home. They told me later that everyone who hadn’t been busy with Shabbos chores had sat on the couch davening.

Conversations

Hidden Power
Yonoson Rosenblum One never knows the power of his or her mitzvos

Can You Tell a Phony?
Eytan Kobre “You’re not using the phone; the phone is using you”

Grief and Gratitude
Yisroel Besser The deepest, most sophisticated truth in the world

Nobody's Perfect
Alexandra Fleksher With the gift of maturity, we learn to accept

Colossal Humility
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman The last words I ever heard from my rebbi

Ready and Waiting
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP Why does everything take so long in the ER?

Bless You!
Faigy Peritzman Blessings don't create anything new in the natural world

Ready, Set, Succeed!
Sarah Chana Radcliffe Ensure success with explicit, doable instructions

The Radiance of Surrender
Mrs Shani Mendlowitz Honest admission reveals your inner radiance