DON’T BE OLD AND SLEEPY

DON’T BE OLD AND SLEEPY

For the past three weeks we were focused on the loss of our Temple and of our Land. For over two thousand years we have wandered through the desert of nations throughout the globe as homeless beggars. We would spend a century or two sometimes three or four in one land...
THE COMMON MIME

THE COMMON MIME

The common mime is a butterfly that lives on the island of Sri Lanka, off the coast of India. Consider this interesting life history that required a lot of brilliant planning to originate. We find here five mimic stages in its life: The golden egg is laid on the...
THE BIG META-MITZVA DILEMMA

THE BIG META-MITZVA DILEMMA

By Rabbi Yitzi Weiner Baruch Hashem, TableTalk has been met with wide appreciation. Many people share the Mitzvah Dilemma at their Shabbos table. At the same time, we constantly get asked why we don’t share the answers. Initially, we did share the answers in the...
HOLY BABY NAMING

HOLY BABY NAMING

The two oldest children of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv received names from Rav Elyashiv’s side of the family: The oldest son,  was named after Rav Elyashiv’s grandfather, the Leshem, and their second child, Batsheva Esther, was named after Rav Elyashiv’s grandmother,...