Article Archive for January 2014
The Gregorian solar calendar used by the Western world, is based on the cycle of the sun. Technically, the tropical (solar) year is 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 16 seconds. Therefore, for three years the calendar is 365 days long and on the fourth…
Both Pac-Man and love are – at their base – highly addictive games. When you start out, having never played before, you are immediately intrigued… there are so many options… the path is yours to choose.
One who chooses to study the history of the development of the twentieth century rabbinic leadership will likely come across the name “Slabodka.” The town for which the renowned yeshiva of Slabodka was named was adjacent to Kovno (Kaunus, Lithuania…
Online dating is like a box of chocolates. That may not be the direct quote from Forrest Gump, but you get the idea. If we are honest with ourselves, at some point when presented with a box of chocolates, we have poked a hole to see the filling before eating one… or we wish we had after eating one that wasn’t so good.
This time of year, late January, the fat little cupids that line the store aisles are frequently referred to as cherubs. There is, most certainly, a fascinating history as to how a Roman deity (Cupid) came to be called by the name of one type of melach…
I don’t mean to scare you, but if you haven’t lined up your date for Valentine’s Day yet, time is running out. If you’re struggling to find decent prospects after the New Year’s online dating surge, don’t throw in the towel just yet… here are 7 profile changes to make in order to line up a date for Valentine’s Day!
Speak of the Holocaust and the first word that many think of is Auschwitz. It was, and is, the most infamous of the concentration camps established by the Nazis. In fact, Auschwitz was not one camp, but rather several. Some sections were labor camps, o…
The Talmud (Shabbat 116a) describes how the sages would greet Shabbat: “Rabbi Chaninah would wrap himself in his cloak and say: ‘Come, let us go and greet the Shabbat Queen.’ Rabbi Yannai would don his garments and say: ‘Enter, O bride! Enter…
In the movies, finding love seems so easy, but it often takes effort to find people with similarities on a number of levels – someone you find attractive and whose values mesh with yours. It takes work. And the best workers make a plan, stay organized, and hold themselves accountable. So, here’s how you can make a dating action plan to keep moving forward with your love life goals.