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This week’s parsha has a very sad and tragic episode. At the inauguration of the Mishkan/Tabernacle – an event anticipated with great... Read More

The definitive symbol of Pesach is Matzah, unleavened bread. What exactly is unleavened bread? Once flour and water are mixed together they... Read More

The minstrel of the dawn is here To make you laugh and bend your ear… Just sit him down upon that chair... Read More

This Year’s Wine Review is sponsored in honour of Alex Jaffe – The Wine Review’s #1 Fan. Now that we are zeroing... Read More

This week’s Torah double parshiot are the final ones in the book of Exodus/Shemot. We read of the assembly and setting up of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle... Read More

In the Megillah that we just read on Purim this past week, we have some bizarre behavior on the part of Haman’s... Read More

Purim is the joyous holiday celebrating the victory of the Jewish people over their enemies led by Haman in the fourth century... Read More

This week ushered in the Jewish month of Adar. The Rabbis in the Talmud proclaim משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה, “Once the month of Adar... Read More

With this week’s parsha, the fun and exciting weekly Torah readings come to an abrupt end. The sagas and stories of the... Read More

This week’s parsha includes the most important event not only in Jewish history, but arguably one of the most pivotal moments in... Read More