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5779
Getting Paid for Downtime
5773
Handling Sensitive Information.
A Question of Priorities
Hi, Old Buddy!
A Tip to Doers
Putting Out the Fire
The Calls in the Middle of a Meeting
Telling the Patient It Will Pass
Make-Believe Anger
The Latecomer Loses Out
Reading for Everyone
A Promise for Partnership
Helping Copiers on Exams
Response to Applicants
Kissing in the Synagogue
The 'Hitch' in Hitchhiking
Who Gets the Gold?
Distributing Charity Funds
Tots in the Synagogue
5772
"Did You Come to Visit Me?"
Honor vs. Shame
The Perimeters of Privacy
For Whom the Bell Rings
Have You Heard This Before?
Do I Look Dangerous?
Giving a Lift
A Missed Opportunity
The Pretended Pledge
The Bitter Litter
A Lesson from a Football Hero
Setting an Example
"We Can't Afford It"
Another Sort of Addiction
Bilingual Seder
Going Down in Smoke
Prayer in the Air
Visiting a Sick Enemy
Where to Sit on a “Sick Visit”
A Mixed Blessing
Reject and Suspect
The Noisy Neighbor
Joining In on a Siyum
Where There’s a Will
Eastern Jewish Time
To Take or Not to Take?
Hunter and Hunted
Virtual Evidence
Hold That Recorder!
When Not to Borrow
Relieving the Mourner’s Grief
Helping the Sick
Judasim’s Golden Rule
Talking to the Walls?
Defacing the Walls
5771
Keeping Your Word
The Double Error
What Would You Do for Yourself?
A Sleep Thief
The Cab-Bus World War
“Hey Taxi!”
Who Gets the Maftir?
The Right Thing to Say
Misplaced Gift of Gab
E-Mail, See Mail
An Overdose of “Vitamin P”
Sorry, Wrong Number
Falling Asleep on the Speaker
Cellphone Manners
Eatting Out on Pesach
Saving a Place in Line
The Litterbug Boomerang
Cross on the Green – Not in Between
When Not to “Tell It As It Is”
The Limits of Privacy
Playing With Fire (Crackers)
To Lend or Not to Lend?
For Whom We Stand
Hold that Bus!?
Keeping Your Word
Is All Fair in Business?
The Degree of DeCVing
Advice Without Vice
The Torah Work Ethic
The Unwanted Calls
The Silent (Mis)Treatment
The Parameters of Privacy
The Price is Wrong
An Honest Broker
Disguising Disdain
Reducing the Noise
A Gesture for Guests
Mind Your Manners
Silence in the Synagogue
5770
Wedding Woes
Sharing News of Illness
Praying for Failure
Giving Directions
The Third Party
A Gift For The Hostess
Who Comes First
Anger Control Revisited
The Late Guests
"Minor" Damages
Borrow Burden
If It Pays to Praise
The Plague of Plagiarism
The Stolen Cash – Part Two
Controlling Anger
Lending an Ear
Giving Credit
A Pesach Problem
Sharing an Umbrella
To Claim or Not to Claim
Tefillin on the Plane
The Unanswered Question
Belated Condolence
Listening Patiently
Return of the Long Wait
Divulging Secrets
The Long Wait
Bank Account for a Minor
Late for an Appointment
A Chanukah Lamp in the Street
The Bicycle Exchange
Guarding the Tongue in the Office
Heading Off A Binge
Knock on Your Own Door
Letter to the Editor
Moving the Mourner
Guaranteeing a Loan
Keeping the Holy Day Holy
5769
Good Neighbor Advice
Visiting the Sleeping Patient
Conversation at the Checkout Counter
Water Conservation
Leaving Bread on the Table
Walking Out On The Speaker
Noisy Radio Nuisance
Taking On a Challenge
Responding to an Invitation
Returning Books to Shelves
Avoiding Indirect Partnership
Risk of Visiting the Sick
Handling of Nuisance Calls
The Tefillin Dilemma
A Heavenly Messenger
Sorry, Wrong Number
Relying on a Promise
Holding a Hand to Save a Life
Preventing Purim Pranks
Paying the Synagogue for Service
Who Will Be the Sandak?
Who Gets the Prize?
Which Son to Save
Waiting for the Hospital Elevator
Whose Brit is First?
An Issue of Priority
A Time for Protest?
A Lesson in the School of Life
Warning the Buyer
Who Answers First?
Domestic Peace
Taking Action After Being Shortchanged
Environmental Emergencies
Taking a Number
A Seat in Shul For All
Guarding Tongue — and Ears
Getting a Tenth Man
5768
So Far for Shofar
Premature Bar Mitzvah
"Cross Me the Street"
The Other Patients
Who Gets the Cash?
A Silent Sick Visit
Just Listening
Above Suspicion
Late-Night Callers
A Question of Priority
No Dumping Ground!
What Not To Say
The "Pirate Pyres" of Lag B'Omer
Parking and the Golden Rule
The Gemach Solution
The Invitation Dilemma
Diplomatic Declining
Who Gets the Drink?
How Much to Tell
Only Ten Minutes Late
Salt and Sympathy
Who Makes the Beds?
Biting Fingernails in Public
When Not to Be an Informer
Praying for the Ill
Happy Birthday!
Pray Together – Stay Together
No, No, No to Smokers
Literary Littering
Get Me to the Chupa on Time
When to Visit the Sick
Answering a Knock on the Door
Lost and Found
Call Me Again
Repeating the Speech
Hold That Call!
Thinking of the Speaker
Missing from the "Wall"
Taking the Bottle
A Lesson from the Deluge
The Chair of Eliyahu
Who Gets the Prize?
The Last Laugh
5767
Making a Breakthrough
Parshat Ki Tavo
Only Three More Needed
Pushing the Train
The Winning Side
Cutting Short a Learning Career
A Job for a Jew?
Speech and Silence
Responsibility for Animals
How to Relate to Stories
Do What You Can
The Crucial Sign
Do It Yourself
Dangerous Company
Driver's Dilemma
Virtual Participation
"Best Before" Purchasing
"Shooting" at the Kotel
Belated Condolences
Imposing on the Host
A Guide for the Guest
What Blessing Do I Make?
A Dating Dilemma
Who is to be Blamed for Lateness
Slowing Down the Express Line
Standing Room Only
A Coin to the Rescue
Is this Money Refundable?
Babysitting the Babysitter
A Neighbor's Conflict
The Wisest Response
When to Deliver Old Clothes
Trash Toting Tots
The Tuition Squeeze and Squeaks
The Swallowed Lenses
Another Dimension of Hospitality
The Opportunity and the Risk
5766
Start the New Year Right
A Disappointing Report Card
Who Gets the Spot?
Telling Him Off!
Above Suspicion
Cautious Cabbie
Cross Me Please
Belting the Passenger
Speaking to the Speaker
Above Suspicion
The Loud Worshipper
Saying a Blessing Aloud
Stuck on the Bus
Guarding Your Ears
Sharing the Honors
Those Disturbing Machines
Going My Way?
Detective Story
What Friends Are For
Cant Throw Them Away
The Speakers Dilemma
The Immunity of Community
The Crowded Mailbox
When to Avoid Doing a Favor
Bad Neighbor Policy
The Mistaken Code of Honor
Nothing to Sneeze At
Coming In Out of the Cold
You're Wasting Your Time!
Reacting to an Angry Outburst
Soft Sell re Cellphone Nuisance
5765
Choosing a Synagogue
Reading Behind the Back
Turn Off That Radio!
Whats Really in a Name?
The "Aliyah Business"
Kosher Keeping Pets
Going to the Dogs
Can I Join the Celebration?
Dealing with the Daf
The Unwanted Ambulance
In Pursuit of Peace
Post-Purim Amends
Passing on the Pavement
Bug in the Bottle
Paying for the "Rest"
The Cabbies Dilemma
Human and Animal Survival
Safe Escort
When the Cellphone Rings
The Mismatchmaker
What's the Time?
Honoring the Old Books
Honor vs. Shame
The Uninvited Guest
Giving A Lift
5764
Sleep and Slichot
A 'Date' with Egged
Rebuke the Talkers
Blessing the Blesser
Let Him Finish His Talk!
The Stranger in our Midst
Visiting a Sick Enemy
Where to Sit on a Sick Visit
A Mixed Blessing
Reject and Suspect
Eating Out On Pesach
The Two-Headed Creature
Joining In on a Siyum
Where Theres a Will
Eastern Jewish Time
The Long Wait
To Take or Not to Take
Hunter and Hunted
Virtual Evidence
Hold that Tape Recorder!
When Not to Borrow
Relieving the Mourner's Grief
Helping the Sick
Judaisms Golden Rule
Talking to the Walls?
Defacing the Walls
Keeping Your Word
The Double Error
What Would You Do for Yourself?
Tough (Kid) Stuff
A Sleep Thief
5763
The Cab-Bus World War
"Hey Taxi"
Who Gets the Maftir?
The Right Thing to Say
Misplaced Gift of Gab
E-Mail See Mail
An Overdose of "Vitamin P"
Sorry, Wrong Number
Falling Asleep on the Speaker
Cellphone Manners
The Cabbie Has No Change
Saving a Place in Line
The Litterbug Boomerang
Cross on the Green, Not in Between
When Not to Tell It As It Is
Honor versus Shame
Lions and Lambs
Is it proper for a nation to wage war against the government of another nation which it sees as a threat to its security?
The Limits of Privacy
Playing With Fire (Crackers)
To Lend or Not to Lend
For Whom We Stand
Hold that Bus!?
Keeping Your Word
Is All Fair in Business?
The Degree of DeCVing
Advice Without Vice
The Torah Work Ethic
The Unwanted Calls
The Silent (Mis)treatment
The Parameters of Privacy
Switching Rented Homes for the Summer
The Price is Wrong
An Honest Broker
Revenge for Simcha
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