On Being a Mentch

A rabbi wears many hats and has numerous roles to play in any community. But which is the most important?

The children were told that they could eat their marshmallow immediately, right then and there. Or, they could wait 20 minutes and receive…another marshmallow

Consciously or sub-consciously, we all identify as "human." Does that inspire us to strive higher, to be a mentsch? Or does it allow us to relax our standards, recognizing that we're "only human"?

I wasn’t caught pilfering Post-Its, or downing too much coffee from the company pot. To be sure, I wasn’t even handed a pink slip that day. My employer simply stated the obvious: over the past few years, there had been rapid growth within the company . . .