from bitter to... great!


B"H Chodesh Tov, Reader! As I mentioned earlier this week, this month is the so-called “no-hum-drum” month. But is it really? Depends what you make of it. Tishrei was full of G-d’s "instructions" — shofar, apples and honey, fasting, praying, lulav, etrog, sukkah, dancing. Every day came with a mitzvah, a moment, a spiritual highlight. Then comes Cheshvan… and nada. Which is precisely why our sages called it Mar-Cheshvan — bitter Cheshvan. Nebach! Who wants to be remembered that way? But as my...