Rabbi Mordechai Appel

Mishkan changed from before the cheit ha’eigel to after

“One needs to have a zechus to be able to give to a proper tzedakah.”

the egg yolk still dripping from his glasses,

Should they sing? Could they even sing?

one needs to become a foodie,

easy to walk in someone else’s shoes

Had I known how to sign, I would still be a shamash

“When a room suddenly goes dark, it is usually because someone is about to light a candle. But if a person panics, he never waits long enough to see it.”

Hearing that Tatty is staying by the other brother can genuinely hurt

people speak like “truck drivers,” a Yid is better than that

“Business is business and Moses is Moses,”

“I too have given a thirsty man water, even food — yet I haven’t seen man fall from the sky.”

learned Bavli and Yerushalmi backwards and forwards by the age of six

the shehakol takes on a new meaning,

out of fear is because I love myself

the “assailant” was none other than himself.

A missed call, a delayed train, a red light, a canceled flight

we show off, it provokes Eisav’s jealousy.

The kitchen still runs, the system still functions.

relate to HaShem on a quid-pro-quo basis

what exactly was Moshe supposed to say to the rock?

But we have to stop looking at how big the problems are — and start looking at how big Hashem is.

yet another forwarded whatsapp message

“Titus, mir zenen noch do! Avu bist du?

So how much must we do to get things started?