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Jun 3, 2018, 9:46 PM

If you can’t beat em …

It all started with an English language class homework lesson given to my ninth-grade daughter. In Israel, English is taught in schools early on as a required second language. My family belongs to the very, very small minority in Israel where English is spoken at...

Feb 11, 2018, 12:43 PM

Happy Birthday to… ME !!!

It is birthday season for me. Although the US Federal government has yet to officially declare my birthday February 12 as an official government holiday, some States have. And for that I am very appreciative. As I enter my 60th year of life on this planet,...

Jan 21, 2018, 6:23 PM

Not a Spectator Sport

Well over 100 million people watched the Super Bowl last year. And with this year’s Super Bowl coming up soon, I can safely assume that plenty of NFL fans and simply curious folk are following events closely in order to know which teams will end...

Dec 11, 2017, 11:06 AM

The More Things Change …

My 14-year-old daughter Nechama Rivkah is in 9th grade. She is smart, mature, knows what she wants and knows how to get it, beautiful, sociable and innocent. Last night she was too scared to sleep in her bedroom together with her younger sister, so my...

Nov 7, 2017, 1:40 PM

I plead guilty. For almost 15 years and counting, I am treated bi-annually to an awe inspiring spectacle of nature. No. I’m not referring to a meteor shower or eclipse of the sun. You see, I am fortunate enough to live just at the edge...

Nov 1, 2017, 12:15 PM

A Response to Simon Hardy Butler’s “My Parents Landed in Israel”

Your parents are on that long return flight today “across that great pond”, back to the place you call home, New York City. As you correctly stated in your blog of October 22, they are returning from a trip to the State of Israel, a...

May 15, 2016, 10:45 AM

A Tale of Two Hadars

Every three to four years an entire month is added to the Jewish calendar. The Jewish Leap Year, such as the one we find ourselves in this year, has both an Adar One and an Adar Two as well. And so with a touch of...

May 11, 2016, 2:33 PM

In honor of Memorial Day and on the eve of Israel Independence Day, I thought that this would be an opportune time to reflect on what will soon be my 13th anniversary since making Aliyah. In Israeli culture, your date of Aliyah replaces your original...

Jun 16, 2015, 3:02 PM

My father of Blessed memory, Rabbi Meshulem Weiss (aka Sonny) passed away at the age of 79 almost one year ago. Although my father never lived in Israel, he left instructions for his body to be flown from the USA and buried in Israel, which...

Dec 3, 2014, 7:48 PM

“The Joyous Mother of Children”

Not that long ago I had the opportunity to guide Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel who serves as the Chabad Shaliach at the University of Illinois. Rabbi Tiechtel comes from an illustrious Chabad family. My wife had the privilege of having his mother as her teacher and...

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About Me

Rabbi Weiss was born in Miami Beach, Florida and served as Chabad community Rabbi in Teaneck, New Jersey for 21 years. He made Aliyah in July 2003 and is the author of "You Come For One Reason But Stay For Another." He is a licensed Tour Guide, father of 12, and resides in Mitzpeh Yericho.