Florida has approved a new license plate – Florida Stands With Israel.

…When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me (Micah 7:8).

Until I entered my 50s, I had never been depressed in my entire life—not even once. Then the summer of 2017 arrived, and my world suddenly became a total mess. I didn’t see it coming. My nightmare started when I lost my ability to sleep at night, or even to take naps during the day. The joy of living quickly vanished. In sheer desperation, I started taking powerful pharmaceutical drugs. Lorazepam was the worst. Then I became severely depressed. Gazing at myself in the mirror, I discovered that all light had left my eyes. My appetite vanished, and I was getting thinner and thinner. My future looked as dark as midnight. I even had suicidal thoughts, which were completely abnormal for me. I felt helpless, hopeless, and alone.

A new set of Bible commentary on the Torah highlights the Parashah from the Torah, the Haftarah from the Tanak, and a portion from the second part of the Bible such as from the gospels or the epistles. The first two volumes are now available covering Genesis and Exodus.

Steven Wohlberg was walking along the beach with Seth, his 2-year-old son, when Seth saw some other boys throwing stones into the water. Seth picked up a stone and with all his might threw the stone into the air. The stone went backwards and hit his father right in the mouth. Taken back Steve felt to see if he had chipped any teeth.

I remember watching the classic Jewish film “Fiddler on the Roof” and there is one scene where the sisters started singing the matchmaker song after the girls’ mother was visited by a matchmaker whose role in the community was finding a nice Jewish husband or wife for people to marry.