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The Holiness of Detail   With this week’s Torah portion, the fun and exciting weekly readings come to an abrupt end. The... Read More

Thanks Mom Thanks Dad This week’s Torah portion, Yitro contains perhaps the most famous part of the entire Torah: The Ten Commandments.... Read More

 Tu B’Shvat: The Giving Tree This coming Sunday evening and Monday is Tu B’Shvat. According to Jewish tradition and history, it is... Read More

I Promise…   This week’s Torah portion starts off with a bit of an odd declaration that God makes to Moshe. He introduces... Read More

Doubts in Life   There is no greater joy than the resolution of doubt -The Talmud   A number of years back,... Read More

Truth and Peace   In this week’s Torah portion there is a little known epilogue to the story of Joseph and his... Read More

Last Piece of the Puzzle   This week’s Torah portion has the finale of the conflict and intense drama between Joseph and... Read More

My Uber Rebbe   This week I needed to take my Saab in for a repair. It’s an ‘07 and this has... Read More

Chanukah – It’s Greek to Me   This coming Sunday evening we begin to celebrate Chanukah. Over two thousand years ago a... Read More

#MeToo – The Rape of Dina   This week’s Torah portion has one of the more troubling stories in the Chumush. Dina,... Read More