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TorahAnytime Daily DoseDaily Dose #2,405: Do Brachas Work? - R' Aharon Pessin Full TorahAnytime Lecture Video or Audio More classes from R' Aharon Pessin ⭐ 2,405 👤 By R' Aharon Pessin 💊 Daily Dose #2405 Want to sponsor a future Dose? Click Here Want to to Receive the Daily Dose Video via WhatsApp? Simply Click Here 💫 Thank You to the Sponsors of Today's Daily Dose: 🕯 Leilui Nishmat forGittel bas Shimon Pinchasmoishe yehoshua ben yehudaYitzchok ben Shmuel Hak...2025-07-2902 min
Hotel HistoryThe Omni Parker HouseIf you're going to call yourself the longest continuously operating hotel in America, you'd better have some juicy history to back it up. Luckily, the Omni Parker House delivers. Predating the Civil War by 10 years, the Parker House has hosted celebrities, politicians, revolutionaries, assassins, and at least one ghost. Not to be outdone, its restaurant is responsible for culinary delights like the Boston cream pie. The Omni Parker House has carved out a place as a true American icon.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK...2025-07-151h 01
Hotel HistoryBashar Wali on Practicing HospitalityBashar Wali wants to be your hotel guy, and you really couldn't find someone who knows hospitality as intimately. With 30 years of experience as a hotelier and hundreds of hotel stays notched on his bedpost, he knows a thing or two about happy customers. For Wali, everything in hospitality comes down to one thing—human connection.Find Bashar on LinkedIn and This Assembly.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. This month's book is Fly Girl by Ann Hood.2025-06-2141 min
Hotel HistoryThe Lodge at Marconi Part 2Part two! The Lodge at Marconi is a picturesque escape an hour north of San Francisco on Tomales Bay, But don't let its tranquility fool you—its history still packs a punch. We interview General Manager Leah Fritts Vitali to find out how this property, spanning 62 acres on a state park, has transformed from its first inception as a radio receiving station—and later on the site of an infamous cult—into a chic 70s-inspired nature retreat for families, business professionals, and nature lovers.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newslet...2025-06-0637 min
Hotel HistoryThe Lodge at Marconi Part 1The Lodge at Marconi is a picturesque escape an hour north of San Francisco on Tomales Bay, But don't let its tranquility fool you—its history still packs a punch. We interview General Manager Leah Fritts Vitali to find out how this property, spanning 62 acres on a state park, has transformed from its first inception as a radio receiving station—and later on the site of an infamous cult—into a chic 70s-inspired nature retreat for families, business professionals, and nature lovers.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The...2025-05-3147 min
Hotel HistoryCannes Hotels with JQ Louise: Hotel Martinez & Palm Beach CannesPart two of our foray into Cannes' most historic (and luxurious) hotels continues our interview with travel writer JQ Louise and digs into the history of the Hotel Martinez and the iconic casino and members club, Palm Beach Cannes. Don't forget to check out part one about the Carlton Hotel.🧳 Follow JQ Louise and the JQ List for travel, food, and lifestyle content.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. This month's book is Fly Girl by Ann Hood....2025-05-2234 min
Hotel HistoryCannes Hotels with JQ Louise: The CarltonWe're dreaming of blue waters, sandy beaches, and beautiful people, which means we're off to the French Riviera (figuratively). With the Cannes Film Festival happening this week, we're bringing you two episodes about its most historic (and luxurious) hotels, the Carlton and the Martinez, along with the iconic casino and members club, Palm Beach Cannes. We interview JQ Louise from the JQ List about her many stays on the Côte d'Azur and her experiences there (pay no attention to the sounds of our piqued jealousy).🧳 Follow JQ Louise and the JQ List for travel, food, and life...2025-05-1555 min
Hotel HistoryThe Seelbach HotelThe Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, is known for its Old World grandeur, its relaxed, Southern style, and its proximity to the most exciting two minutes in sports—it's just a couple miles away for Churchill Downs, the site each year of the Kentucky Derby. While its history isn't quite as old as the famed horse race that kicks off the Triple Crown, the Seelbach has still stacked up plenty of stories in its 120-year existence. (Spoiler alert: Drinks, jazz, gangsters, and heists to come.)Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our f...2025-05-0146 min
Hotel HistoryBook Club: A Gentleman in MoscowWe explore the very real history of the Hotel Metropol in Moscow through the lens of Amor Towles' bestselling novel, A Gentleman in Moscow. The fictional Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov is a member of the aristocracy at a very inconvenient time—the Bolshevik Revolution. Saved by a twist of fate, instead of an execution, he faces house arrest at the Metropol for the rest of his days. Over the next few decades we see the Soviet dream rise and fall through the eyes of the Count and a cadre of comrades who all discover in their own ways just ho...2025-04-1056 min
Hotel HistoryThe Empire HotelWe return to NYC for the iconic Empire Hotel. Perhaps best known these days as a recurring setting in Gossip Girl, it has more than 100 years of history on 63rd and Broadway. Its famous neon sign overlooks the popular rooftop bar and sweeping views of the city.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.🎶 Music"Perspetive Shif2025-03-2130 min
Hotel HistoryThe Mayflower Hotel Part 3The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., has seen some incredible history. We finish up their centennial series with JFK and Jackie O through Russiagate, and then learn what's next for this stately Grand Dame.. Thanks again to Katherine Orr of Historic Hotels of America for your insightful answers on the past and future of historic hotels.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. (This month we're reading A Gentleman in Moscow.)📚 Shop our book...2025-03-011h 11
Hotel HistoryThe Mayflower Hotel Part 2We continue celebrating the Mayflower Hotel's centennial with part 2 of her incredible history. This episode takes us on a mid 20th century roller coaster ride, including the New Deal, World War II, and the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies. We also continue our interview with Katherine Orr of Historic Hotels of America.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. (This month we're reading A Gentleman in Moscow.)📚 Shop our bookshelves here.Follow us: Ti...2025-02-2159 min
Hotel HistoryThe Mayflower Hotel Part 1The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, is an icon, and she's turning 100 this month! Known as the Grande Dame of Washington, the Hotel of Presidents, and Washington's Second Best Address, we're digging into the history behind this storied landmark. We also interview Katherine Orr of Historic Hotels of America for her take on the significance and impact of the Mayflower and historic hotels like it.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here.☕️ Y...2025-02-1355 min
Hotel HistoryGrande Real Villa ItaliaThe Grande Real Villa Italia Hotel and Spa in Cascais, Portugal, has been named Europe's most romantic destination of 2025. Sweeping seaside views, a Roman bath-inspired spa, and serene ocean- or garden-side suites will provide the romantic getaway you've been searching for. But behind all the amore is the story of the May King, the rise and fall of fascism, and the end of the Italian monarchy.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. (This month we'r...2025-02-0525 min
Hotel HistoryHotels Above ParTravelers looking for hotels that speak to the heart of a destination should immediately check out Hotels Above Par, a curated guide to the coolest boutique hotels and travel experiences. What began as a fun social media project during the COVID-19 Pandemic by founder Brandon Berkson has become a full-fledged media company covering the best of boutique hotels, restaurants, and destinations around the world.👩💻 Visit Hotels Above Par.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. This month's book is Fly Gi...2025-01-3150 min
Hotel HistoryThe ClaremontWe sat down with Michelle Heston from Fairmont Hotels to talk about a Berkeley, CA, gem – the Claremont Club & Spa. Any hotel that starts out as a castle built on the American Dream is a guaranteed Hotel History destination!☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. (This month we're reading A Gentleman in Moscow.)📚 Shop our bookshelves here.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | X🎶 Music:Bedtime After a Coffee by Barrad...2025-01-1545 min
Hotel HistoryAncient Inns from Greece to BethlehemPicture it: Sicily, 1922 BCE. You're traveling on an errand for your local city-state. Where will you find lodging for the night? Or will you have to camp and fall prey to bandits on the road? We explore ancient hospitality covering Ancient Greece, Persia, and the Roman Empire, including a notorious inn that had no room for a Jewish family traveling to Bethlehem.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here.🤳...2024-12-311h 04
Hotel HistoryYe Olde Medieval InnHotels and their predecessors have been around for thousands of years. So what were they like back in the medieval period? Were they full of knights, adventurers, drunkards, bandits, and a wench or two? Turns out, just like today, you had a choice of accommodations based on the coin in your pocket, so where would you have stayed?☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here.🤳 Follow us: TikTok | Ins...2024-12-241h 00
Hotel HistoryFictional Hotels: The Grand Budapest HotelWe needed a hotel that was somehow cozy but also grand and preferably built in miniature, so we turned to the king of aesthetics and whimsy, Wes Anderson. His Grand Budapest Hotel delivers on multiple levels for hotel lovers (and great movie lovers). We explore the inspiration, architecture, and fictional history behind the made-up but eerily familiar world of Zubrowka and its famed resort in the mountains, the Grand Budapest Hotel.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book c...2024-12-0142 min
Hotel HistoryPolitical HotelsIt's election season in America, but instead of watching cable news around the clock, we're distracting ourselves with an episode about hotels where major events in American history have taken place. We have the scandal that made Watergate a household name, a hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. left his mark on the eve of the March on Washington, and the "safest hotel in DC" where an attempt was made on Ronald Reagan's life.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖...2024-11-061h 16
Hotel HistoryBook Club: Behind the Door of the Cecil HotelThe Suicide. Hotel Death. Where Dreams Go To Die. LA's Most Haunted Hotel. These are a few of the nicknames given to the infamous Cecil Hotel. In our second book club episode, we discuss Amy Price's book Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel and dive into the many mysteries and tragedies the Cecil has seen over the years.Follow us: TikTok | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube👩🏽🤝👩🏻 Want to collaborate?📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelves here.☕️ Y...2024-10-3159 min
Hotel HistorySweater WeatherBefore the first leaf even hits the ground, you can hear thousands of people shouting, "Sweatah weathah!" in their best (or worst) New York accents. Yes, the autumnal equinox has finally passed, and we are able to share some top tier choices for hotels near glorious fall foliage, including the oldest resort in the country and a few paying homage to their Victorian roots.☕️ You can support Hotel History (and our caffeine addiction) here or on Patreon.📰 Sign up for our free newsletter, The CHECK-IN.📖 Join our book club here. 📚 Shop our bookshelv...2024-10-0445 min