Positive Word Power Fourteen-year-old Yaakov loved children. He also had a vivid imagination and was an expert at weaving intricate tales that could keep children spellbound for hours. One day, his younger brother had a birthday party. Soon, there were 18 first graders dashing around his house, so rambunctious that they could not be organized […]
Positive Word Power It was 9:25 a.m. and Aaron Schwartz had not yet appeared at his office. Moshe Weiss slouched on a plush armchair, waiting for Mr. Schwartz, his lawyer, to arrive. “I’m sure he’ll be here any second,” the secretary said soothingly. Moments later, the elevator door opened and in walked Mr. Schwartz. He strode […]
POSITIVE WORD POWER Zev and Noach had been business partners for nearly 20 years. Their small wholesale operation had grown into a major regional supplier of imported fabric. But now, Zev felt the time had come to wind down his career and spend more time learning. The partnership was dissolved, but there were many controversies […]
Positive Word Power Let’s go on the new roller coaster, The Cataclysm!” one boy suggests to the group. They are visiting an amusement park on Chol Hamoed and everyone is wildly in favor of his idea. Only David, the boy who fears heights, hangs back as they all make a dash to The Cataclysm’s long […]
Positive Word Power The Maharal teaches that every organ is designed to reflect its function. For instance, the eye is the only organ into which one can peer directly. One can see inside the eye because the eye’s purpose is to see. The speaking organs, on the other hand, are partly hidden and partly revealed. The lips […]
Positive Word Powet I think if we take a left at that light, we’ll find the entrance to the highway,” the lost husband tells his skeptical wife. He makes the turn, travels a few miles, follows a sign to the highway, travels another few miles and, seeing no more signs to the highway, finally stops at a […]
Positive Word Power The kids were practically climbing the walls,” Rabbi Abramson told his colleague, Rabbi Steinmetz. “You could tell in a second that it was the day before Pesach vacation. So I knew I had to do something radical to get things under control. All of a sudden, this story popped into my mind […]
Positive Word Power At 10:30 p.m., just a few moments after Aviva Gross had gratefully settled into her bed for a night’s sleep, the telephone rang. “Why do people call so late?” she complained to her husband as she grabbed the phone on her night table. “Hello? Yes, this is Aviva,” she confirmed wearily to […]
Positive Word Power How can you say you are a religious Jew when you eat without making a brachah?” Simcha asked his teenage brother, Moshe, who was hungrily attacking a plate of French fries. Moshe had just come back from six months at a special yeshivah for “kids at risk.” He had conquered his demons, […]