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Author Archives: Yisroel Pensack
Yisroel Pensack: Imagine The Difference — If They Had All Just First Taken The Time To Read This Book
I wonder if this book and these three articles will now become required reading for animal lab technicians and researchers at Yale University and graduate students at Columbia University.
Posted in Academia, Aish HaTorah, Animals, Books, Christianity, Crime, Education, Intermarriage, Judaism, Weddings, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged columbia university, yale university
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Yisroel Pensack: The New York Times Shows Uncanny Timing With Sunday Travel Story On Mountain Climbing In The Himalayas
"It was 4 a.m. in mid-November, and I was stretching in a lodge in Thorong Phedi, Nepal, at 14,500 feet, trying to pump warmth back into my body and get rid of a throbbing headache brought on by dehydration and … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Travel, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Carolyn B. Maloney, Himalayas, mountain climbing, Nepal, tibet
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Yisroel Pensack: Northern California Mohel Who Cannot Speak Issues Yom Kippur Message
Rabbi Chanan Feld, longtime San Francisco Bay Area mohel and a Torah teacher based at Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim in Berkeley, has been seriously ill with oral cancer. According to an email I just received from the Beit Midrash, "Though he … Continue reading
Posted in Mohel, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim, Berkeley, R. Chanan Feld, yom kippur
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Yisroel Pensack: “Industrial Strength” Global Fundraising By Chabad For The New Year 5770
At first, I thought the return address said "CHABAD OF CRIME A" in Brooklyn, so I was wondering: What is the difference between "Crime A" and "Crime B", and what crimes do they stand for? Then when I opened the … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Chabad, Charity, Israel, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 5770, Crimea, fundraising, rosh hashanah
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Yisroel Pensack: Berkeley Mohel Battling Oral Cancer Wrote Rosh Hashanah Poem
This poem by the seriously ill mohel and Torah teacher Rabbi Chanan Feld was read to his Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim congregation in Berkeley by his wife Jody on Rosh Hashanah: Rosh HaShanah words from Rabbi Chanan Feld [HaRav Chanan … Continue reading
Posted in Mohel, Poetry, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Beit Midrash Ohr HaChaim, Berkeley, R. Chanan Feld, rosh hashanah
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