Style & Living

To set yourself up for success, try to keep things simple. Eating a healthier diet doesn’t have to be complicated. Instead of being overly concerned with counting calories, for example, think of your diet in terms of color, variety, and freshness. Focus on avoiding packaged and processed foods and opting for more fresh ingredients whenever possible. Here are some examples:

Recap: Papa left for Paris, and Bayla hears her grandmother say it’s dangerous to travel there now. Later, on the radio, she hears a frightening voice. Her mother tells her it’s an evil, evil man speaking.

Fern Penn has been taking people on tasting tours of the interesting and innovative eateries proliferating in Crown Heights. Now she is starting fashion tours of Crown Heights, where she will not only guide women to stores with stylish but modest clothing, she will help them shop there. Plus there will be a break for lunch at Basil for shopping energy.

Understand the Relationship between Medicare and Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage

Medicare benefits start at age 65, but many people continue working past that age, either by choice or by necessity.  It is important to understand how Medicare and employer health coverage work together.  Depending upon one’s circumstances, Medicare is either the primary or secondary insurer.  The primary insurer pays any medical bills first, up to the limits of its coverage.  The secondary payer covers costs which the primary insurer does not cover (although it may not cover all costs).

Break a sweat and burn calories wherever, whenever

Q: Hey, Rabbi, I know that exercising is important and I probably should be doing more of it, but honestly my schedule is just insanely busy. Between earning a living, davening, learning, time with my wife and family, I simply have no energy left! There are only 24 hours in a day! Feeling frustrated and looking to change; what would you advise me?