7/9/2010 The entire Bais Menachem Family would like to wish Haim and Mindy Zafrany a hearty Mazal Tov on the birth of their grandson to their daughter Gael. We would also like to wish Rabbi Zvi and Suri Perlman a hearty Mazal Tov on the birth of their grandson to Itchie and Nechama Gross. May the newborns bring loads of Nachas to their parents and grandparents and may their parents merit to raise them to a lives of Torah, Chuppah (Marriage) and Maasim Tovim (good deeds). more...
7/8/2010 Bais Menachem in Wilkes-Barre marked the completion of its 11th year on Yud Bais Tammuz with an awards banquet for students, and with the surprise participation of many alumni who drove down for the occasion. This occasion also celebrated the graduation of Wilkes-Barre's very first Smicha (rabbinic ordination) program. more...
6/27/2010 Congratulations to Barry and Esther Edson of Toronto Canada on winning the Bais Menachem iPad Raffle. Much success in all your endeavors! more...
Parenting Just looking around, the life lessons are plentiful. We learn that a plant plucked from its source quickly wilts and then withers. And that's just how we feel when we get disconnected from what gives us life... More »
Comment Should he leave as logic dictated? Or should he stay, as his heart was inexplicably urging him? But, he'd left his Jewish learning behind so many years ago. He was afraid to even pick up a prayer book, concerned that he would look foolish to the others... More »
Essay This, then, is the secret of prayer: The entire world may be ripping apart at the seams, but the beseecher's heart and mouth are at peace as one. And then that peace spreads outward into all things More »