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Your Inner Billionaire One of my favourite comments by Rashi, the premier commentary on the Torah, appears in this week’s Torah portion.... Read More

Dedicated in memory of Rabbi Kalman Packouz My Grave, My Land, My Love   This week’s Torah portion opens with the passing of... Read More

Bad and Not So Bad When reading some of this week’s Torah portion you might get a sense of déjà vu and... Read More

The Biggest Loser This is the day  Of the Expanding Man                                -Steely Dan In this week’s Torah portion we are introduced to... Read More

We’re Not in Kansas Anymore There is an idea that one can learn more from being within the proximity of one’s Rabbi... Read More

Death of a Brother … it begins again. Genesis. Once again we commence the cycle of the weekly Torah readings…   Brother,... Read More

The Ups and Downs of Life This Shabbat during Sukkot we read the book of Kohelet, Ecclesiastes. Kohelet was a nickname for... Read More

Finding Joy and Happiness We are over the hump of Yom Kippur and now getting ready for the joyous holiday of Sukkot.... Read More

Yom Kippur – Time to End the Negativity One of the most moving and central prayers on both Rosh HaShanah and Yom... Read More

Rosh HaShanah – Never Forget Me  There are three themes that define the holiday of Rosh HaShanah and they are outlined in... Read More