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@RabbiWolpe My most memorable spill was intentional. My friend, who joined my family for dinner, accidentally spilled his grapejuice on my tablecloth. I immediately poured my grapejuice on the tablecloth. I said: These marks will always remind us of our wonderful dinner together! He smiled.

“Life is a short tablecloth.”

@RabbiWolpe Succinctly expressed and with such a flair. Now it's our turn to show God that we also care.

The Torah.com asked some scholars to answer Hillel’s challenge to summarize the Torah on one foot. Here’s the link and my answer below: thetorah.com/article/the-to…

@RabbiWolpe So beautiful--their radiant pictures and your loving tribute. Thank you, Rabbi Wolpe, for sharing.

3 generations of mothers- my mother, her mother and her mother. Grateful to each who loved long enough for me and my brothers to know and love. #HappyMothersDay

@DBashIdeas Thank you, Rabbi Bashevkin, for your insightful essay. I especially loved: "The word mitzvah comes from tzavta—connection, relationship. It is what binds the Commander to the commanded." So loving and beautiful.

הדרן עלך מסכת מכות והדרך עלן.

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to take this insightful Pirkei Avot course (which focuses on themes in Pirkei Avot) to be given between Pesach and Shavuot 2025!

@RabbiWolpe Thank you, Rabbi Wolpe, for sharing your insight that "If God had to make space for us [when God created the world], then we have to make space for God." So beautiful and profound.

How to have a conversation with God

@NickKristof Thank you, Mr. Kristof, for visiting the eastern villages of Africa and for sharing what you found. This is tragic. Please tell us how to help.

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington. The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust. Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

@RabbiWolpe How mesmerizing to hear this beautiful musical daydream (Reverie), while watching The Starry Night, dancing in the sky and shedding light on the heavens. Thank you, Rabbi Wolpe, for sharing this audio/visual delight!

A stirring exhibit

@NickKristof Thank you, Mr. Kristof, for your thoughtful and encouraging analysis of the world's situation. Thank you for all you do to help people around the world by going there and by publicizing situations to your readers. By doing this, you are making this world a better place.

Yes, the world is screwed-up. But it's time for my annual nanosecond of perspective on why this may be the best year in the history of humanity. Every day, another 30,000 people worldwide move out of extreme poverty. Every three seconds, someone becomes literate. We are at an all-time low for both poverty and child mortality, with 80 million children's lives saved since 2000. Science may kill us, but in the meantime it's saving lives with medical advances, and that's all more real than a Trumpian rant. So every other day of the year I'll barrage you with woe, but this is my annual column reminding us that in the long history of humanity, this is probably the best time to be alive. If you want a dollop of uplift, here's a gift link to the column: nytimes.com/2025/01/18/opi…

@RabbiWolpe We are so deeply grateful to you, Israel, for helping fight the Los Angeles wildfires. israel21c.org/israeli-ngo-se…

For everyone facing such devastation and fear and loss, may your family, friends, community and faith bring you swift comfort. At such times. We are recalled to what matters- our responsibilities for one another. apnews.com/live/live-upda…

@DBashIdeas Reflections on Pirke Avot(Ethics of the Fathers):Not Just What My Rebbe Taught Me by Joseph Rosenstein. Insightful,fascinating history&90 Ethical Principles to aspire to,meditations to incorporate the teachings into daily life. Brilliantly written giving timeless practical wisdom

What Jewish books should be in every Jewish home? Here’s my top 5: 1. Tanach (Mikraos Gedolos) 2. Kahati Mishnah 3. Talmud 4. Rambam 5. Aruch Hashulchan

@RabbiWolpe Joseph did not tell his father Jacob that he was alive until around 22 years had passed. By not telling his father, did Joseph not observe the Commandment to honor your father and your mother?

@RabbiWolpe Thank you, Rabbi Wolpe, for sharing your father's insightful and beautiful reflections.

@RabbiWolpe What an awesome insight into the (W)rapper Building's wrap! Beauty (of prayer), as seen in the eye of the beholder.

From my window in Culver City — the only building I’ve ever seen that wears tefillin.

@RabbiWolpe Beautifully expressed insights. Thank you, Rabbi Wolpe.

@Rachelleburk @DBashIdeas @GalactcAfikoman @KarBenPub

@DBashIdeas Look no further! Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman's Cosmic Mitzvah, with an afterword written by the astronaut.

Jewish biographies for kids? Recommendations?

@ShabbosReads Your daughter will be inspired! She's a Mensch by @rachelleburk and Alana Barouch

👋 We tweet what we read over Shabbos

@malkizeee @ShabbosReads The true story of Jeffrey Hoffman, whose childhood dream was to travel into space.

Did you read to your children on Shabbos?

@RabbiWolpe Thanks, Rabbi Wolpe, for sharing your wise, insightful, & practical ways of bringing people together. You teach by example ways to pursue peace. Hillel said: "Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace & pursuing peace, loving all people..." Thanks for all your efforts & results!

It is nice to have children who are smart, who are accomplished who are driven, who are gifted. But blessed is the parent whose child is kind.