HaRav Yishai Natan - My tenth-grade classmates and I were sitting in the yeshiva lunch room. It was my friend’s birthday, so his parents had two large hot poppers delivered to the yeshiva for him. He thought he would eat both of them, but after starting the second one, he quickly realized that it was not going to happen. He came over to my table, put the rest of the poppers … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - I rent a two-bedroom basement apartment in Lakewood. My landlord, who lives upstairs, was looking to sell the house. I have two kids and another on the way, be’ezrat Hashem, and my landlord knew that I needed to find a bigger place. He asked me if I wanted to buy the house. This would allow me to move upstairs, where I would have much more space and … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - Back when we had the egg shortage, eggs were selling for over $12 a dozen. One grocery store was having a sale for $8 a dozen, with a limit of two dozen per customer. I had already bought two dozen on the sale, but I wanted to stock up on more. My brother had just bought a few dozen eggs and said he was not planning on buying any more even with the sale. … [Read more...]

HaRav Yishai Natan - I went to the grocery store Thursday afternoon to shop for Shabbat. There was a large parking lot shared by several stores, and it was completely jam-packed. I drove around for a few minutes trying to find a parking spot. Finally, I went down one of the aisles just as someone was pulling out. I waited for him to leave the spot and then drove a little … [Read more...]