“I was just talking to a friend of mine from work, who just happens to run the Personal Health section. I was talking about how Shabbat for me, is really important to my family, because it gives us just a minute to stop running around, and we have to figure out ways to entertain and […]
“When you’re on the field, the religion you practice, the color of your skin, the country you come from, should all be irrelevant. It’s what you do on the field: helping your team win…if I’m a Yankee fan, do I care really who hits the home run? So too, I’m here as part of the […]
“There is nothing out there [in space] but God. If anything, I think that the Abishter, the Holy One Blessed Be He, put all that stuff out there to get our attention. And He got my attention, and many other people’s attention.”
While most Hasidic rabbis give Jewish advice as opposed to business advice and lecture in yeshivas and as opposed to Silicon Valley, Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg is not your average Hasidic rabbi. Born-and-bred in Brooklyn, Ginzberg went to Bobov schools, but does not identify exclusively with one sect, “I’m connected with many different rebbes” he explains. […]
“I started work in January of 2015. Within a couple weeks, we had four blizzards in a four week period. We got over 100″ of snow and actually it never went above freezing so it didn’t melt. We had a huge crisis. The transit system stopped working. None of the storms involved Shabbat. It was […]
“I truly believe that a person’s success in life is a reflection of his or her relationship with Hashem… It depends on your vision, your dreams, your feeling of mission in life. If those are right, success will come because of the Ribono Shel Olam. He is the one who provides success for us.”
