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The Pain of Public-Shaming   And set out on the journey Find a ship to take us on the way   And... Read More

God – Just Another One of The Guys One of the challenges of studying parshat Bereshit is that we can get complacent... Read More

The Wisest Man in the World To everything  Turn, turn, turn There is a season  Turn, turn, turn And a time to... Read More

She’s A Beauty   This Shabbat we begin the holiday of Sukkot. A few years back Rabbi Kalman Bauman, the principal of... Read More

Yom Kippur – Plan B I’m a little uneasy And there ain’t much pride inside me She don’t know how it hurts... Read More

Rosh HaShana – Where Are You Going?   In the second of last week’s double parsha, VaYeilech, Moshe is near the end... Read More

My Second Marriage This week’s Torah reading has us near the end of Moshe’s epic speech he delivered to the Israelites before... Read More

All Beginnings Are Hard All Beginnings Are Hard -The Talmud   At the outset of this week’s Torah portion is the mitzvah... Read More

Dealing With Desire This week’s Torah portion begins with a scenario most of us would not find ourselves in but is highly... Read More

Campaign Contribution or Bribery?   This week’s Torah portion begins with the commandments of appointing judges and officers to ensure a just and orderly... Read More