The mitzvah … the good works … is still pleasing in the eyes of G-d. I always err on the side of charity. If they lie, the sin is theirs not ours. You did good, and I’m proud of you.

RT @serachisrael: You shouldn’t issue someone a death by a thousand cuts if they know how to count.

RT @serachisrael: The Torah numbers the days and as well the months. We are now entering the fourth month counting from Passover. It is the…

Still my favorite kitchen knife. @ZenfinintyDesigns

When I was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, I took charge of organized caving in Pulaski County. Missouri is home to around 8,000 caves. I discovered six while I was there. The "NSS" in the photo stands for National Speleological Society. While there, I did cave mapping and conducted bat surveys. We also did cave rescues. The photo was taken inside Barry Cave, MO, but if you google it, the cave won't come up as a known entity in Missouri. But I assure you, it's there.

Whitefish salad is a distinctly American Jewish creation. Drawing on centuries old Ashkenazi traditions of smoking fish for preservation, immigrants in the late 1800s embraced abundant Great Lakes whitefish. The result became a beloved staple of Jewish delis and food culture.

A Biblically informed worldview leads to a clear conclusion: the two primary drivers of human history are Yaakov and Eisav who are Jewry and Western civilization respectively. The Chasam Sofer wrote that in the original divine plan, Yaakov and Eisav were meant to form a symbiotic partnership like that of the tribes Yissachar and Zevulun where Yaakov would devote himself entirely to Torah and spirituality while Eisav would engage with the material world. We know that the era of Moshiach is when this rift is finally healed. It is no surprise that the forces of negativity would work to prevent this. Yet the reconciliation is inevitable.

The True Messiah will be a direct descendant of David and Solomon, in the tribe of Judah, in the kingly line through his human biological father Gen 49:10, Num 1:18, II Sam 7:12-16, I Chr 17:11-14, 22:9-10, 28:4-6; II Chr 13:5, Jer 23:5, 33:17, 22:30, 36:30, Psa 89:35-37.

Fair.

In 1815 Thomas Jefferson sold his 6,500 volume library to Congress to replace the one that was destroyed when the British burned the Capitol in 1814.The first Latin translation of the Talmud is part of his original collection,printed in 1637.

Appalling. They fought beside us. Now, we celebrate talks with the enemy, and the enemy knows more than our ally. This is shocking.

Etiquette question. If you find a piece of a broken glass crack pipe on the floor next to your bed and your dog’s dish and bed get covered with ants because the fake balcony is strewn with skittles do you tip housekeeping?

It’s my semi-famous pâté and a salad for dins tonight… I’m going to finish my coffee, then get to work.

I have a ten year old Doberman named Drago. Over the past decade I’ve bought him every toy you can buy. None of them lasted a day. He ripped them all to shreds. A week ago I was at Target and saw a stuffed lamb (might be a sheep I have no idea) for sale. Bought it for Drago, expected it to last ten minutes. I’m not sure if he thinks it’s his kid or what but he has not only not destroyed it, he brings it everywhere. When he eats, he brings it to his bowl. When he goes outside, he takes it. I’m fairly certain that if I tried to take it from him he would kill me. 😂

It was two in the morning, the hour when even the bravest samurai retires to his bedroll, yet here, a fortress of light beckoned me from the darkness. Every castle I have ever known has fallen. Fire, siege, taxes. Eight hundred years of my family learning one lesson: nothing stays open forever. This house has never closed. Not for storms. Not for holidays. Not for the hour when even the moon looks tired. I asked the waitress when they lock the doors. "We don't have locks, hon." No locks. I own walls, moats, and a sword older than this country, and I have never once said anything that powerful. Inside, a cook was scraping the grill at 2 a.m. with the calm of a man guarding something. I asked if he was the night watch. "I'm Darnell." A trucker two stools down raised his coffee. "Place stayed open during the hurricane," he said. "FEMA's got a whole index about it." An index. The government of this nation measures disasters by whether THIS HOUSE is still standing. In Japan, we measured a clan's strength by its castle. Same thing. Theirs serves waffles. I ordered. I ate. I confess what happened next. I did not want to leave. The night outside was large. The booth was warm. I am a grown warrior, and I sat in a yellow fortress at 3 a.m. feeling protected by hash browns. A castle does not promise to stand forever. It simply leaves the lights on. I drive past at night now. Just to check. The lights are always on. Sentries of the griddle — I see you. Hold the line.

One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.

What’s funny is that I used some profits from my Tesla stock to pay off my minivan