Parshat Devarim: A Broken Home
Well I looked into a house I once lived in Around the time I first went on my own… Oh the walls... Read More
Parshat Matot-Masei: You’re Only as Good as Your Word
This week’s parsha beings with details about taking vows. Although there are many mitzvot associated with vow-taking – as well as many... Read More
Parshat Pinchas: To Hell with the Rules
This week’s Torah reading, Pinchas is named for the man who acted decisively, violently and somewhat controversially. As narrated at the end... Read More
Parshat Chukat: Haters Getting You Down?
I came across this piece from Rabbi Efrem Goldberg from the Boca Raton Synagogue (and also featured on aish.com this week) which... Read More
Parshat Korach: Good Conflicts, Bad Conflicts
This week’s parsha bears the name of a man who led a rebellion against Moshe and his brother, Aaron. Korach was unhappy... Read More
Parshat Shlach: Israel – Flowing with Milk, Honey… and Pain
I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand I felt the earth beneath my... Read More
Parshat Beha’alotcha: ChatGPT and Me
I recently read a rabbi’s essay which had some lengthy historical parts. I wondered whether the author wrote it all himself or... Read More
Parshat Naso: Superman
I’m more than a bird I’m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train -Five For Fighting* A... Read More
Parshat Bamidbar: 600 Days
Birkat Hamazon – Grace After Meals. Bentsching in Yiddish. There are few prayers in Jewish tradition that are more familiar than the blessings... Read More
Parshat Behar/Bechukotai: More is Never Enough
In one of this week’s double parshas we have the laws of Shmittah, the Sabbatical year. Every seventh year the Jewish people living... Read More









