Mendy Loewenthal

"You see," Ben said to Danny as they started off towards school, "the mobile phone lasts a long time but it still needs to get charged every so often, just like my Dad..."

Yoni's teacher was droning on. It was a bright spring afternoon, and through the window Yoni could see the large school playground, with inviting tennis courts in the distance...

"Danny, do you play music?" Mr. Benson surprised the class with the question. Everyone looked at him with interest. "Err… umm…" Danny blushed...

“Dad,” Ben asked. He was a serious boy and something had struck him during the brief encounter. “Why did you cut it so short with your boss? Don’t you have plenty of things to discuss with him?”

This week: What does playing with lego have to do with Shabbat? Or for that matter, the Mishkan?

"Why do you have these two pictures hanging on the wall next to each other, and why is one of them in such a nice frame and the other one just hanging there in a simple frame?"

This week: "Do you like painting?" asked Mr. Cohen, the new arts and crafts teacher. "Perhaps you are good at making models, or needlework, carpentry or metalwork?"

This week: If Debbie prayed as instructed, why didn't G-d answer her prayers?