Baltimore’s Best!
On Sunday, June 18th, The Chesed Fund & Project Ezra once again acknowledged and celebrated unique members of our community. The 9th Annual Community & Safety Service Award Ceremony, sponsored by Lois and Bruce Kauffman, is in memory of Philip Kauffman, Rosalie Zwagil, and Paul Naden, a”h. Every year community members are asked to submit […]
Niv Fishbein, Local Entrepreneur
Tell us about yourself, where are you from? What’s your background? I am from Los Angeles, CA and my parents are from Israel & Argentina. I went to school at Shalhevet HS, Yeshivat Reishit, and then YU, where I graduated with a general business degree. I moved to Baltimore from New York after my marriage […]
Dust Yourself Off
Rabbi Zvi Teichman Bilaam tells Balak the Jews are impervious to his curses, for “Who has counted the dust of Yaakov, or who can number the seed of Israel”. Rashi explains the first half of this verse as referring to the ‘countless’ mitzvos that are fulfilled with עפר, ‘dust’: You shall not plow with an […]
The Right Word
Rabbi Azriel Hauptman Human beings communicate in many ways, of which verbal communication plays an integral role. Therefore, using the right word makes the difference between coherent and confusing communication. Even our internal communication is based on words, and if we do not have the right word for a concept then we lack the ability […]