Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 |
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Miss Smith, my third grade teacher, stood facing the class with her arm around my shoulders. She looked out to her students, her eyes focused above them. I looked down. I had...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
I tell you what I like about our Chumash. It’s so credible the characters are not masqueraded. It’s like the guy selling you the used car who shows you that small dent...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
On the High Holydays, having completed our ethical accounting of the past year, some of us are forced to declare bankruptcy. But we promise our celestial creditor that next year there’ll be a...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
On Simchat Torah, lovers of Torah never fail to tell the old Midrash of Rebbe Avram and his beautiful Torah.
The Rabbi lived by himself in a one-room, wood frame...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
“Life is real.
Life is earnest.
And the grave is not the goal.”
– Longfellow
Ah, the High Holidays are ahead of us – facing me – brights on – in the...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
I think G-d has a sense of humor. Pardon me if you think that’s blasphemous, but until I learn more – when I stride through those pearly gates – I’ll stick with...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
“Is it time already?” said the slim, gray-haired man in jeans and the “Pesach Is Coming” T-shirt.
“Certainly,” boomed the voice from the cloud. “TRADITION, you know. Tomorrow night is the first...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Financial analysts tell us there’s no need to worry about the future of the agricultural sector. Forget cotton, corn, soybeans, and other unpredictable crops. They have a new bumper crop – as...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
It had been a busy time for the King of the Universe. The earth and all its contents – well, that was accomplishment enough. But the galaxies and the rules governing their...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Trends, like friends, come and go. 1. Chewing gum is out of style. 2. Men rarely smoke cigars. And in the old days, cigars were a social icebreaker. “Have a cigar, pal,”...
