Telephone

My husband got a Blackberry for work purposes. The problem is that now his co-workers expect him to be on-call 24/7. He is always opening emails in the middle of dinner, while reading the kids a bedtime story, or even while we are taking a walk...

Due to fears of the coronavirus, I was thinking of staying home . . .

Lessons learned… From a telephone: That which one speaks here is heard elsewhere! From a telegraph: Every word costs money! From a train: If I am one minute late, I can lose my ride! Sichos Kodesh, Shavuos, 5739

Question: We have a very large congregation, and it is hard for everyone to hear the reading of the Scroll of Esther (Megillah) properly. Because the use of electricity is allowed on the holiday of Purim (as opposed to Shabbat and other major holidays), I...

I knew it wouldn’t be easy to give up my smartphone on Shabbat and the holidays.

Question: I have a siddur app on my iPhone. Some people say I should only pray with a real paper and cardboard siddur. Will G‑d still listen if my siddur is electronic instead? Answer: Aside from holding the entire Torah, Talmud, Maimonides, Code of Jewis...

What do we desire deep, deep down in our nutty little souls? To aim a camera and take a picture of G‑d Himself

Jono Gets a new cell phone so he can play snake all the time. Hilarity ensues.

“You should remove WhatsApp from your phone!” a friend of mine messaged me frantically (on WhatsApp, of course!). “Why?” I asked. “Because they changed their terms and conditions. Now, Mark Zuckerberg can read everything you write,” he replied. “That’s gr...

Very soon, you may witness an unbelievably powerful sight. But the last thing you should do is take a picture of it. Right now, you’re reading this on a device. Perhaps it’s a laptop at a coffee shop or desktop at work, a smartphone in your hand on the tr...