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Happy, High and Holy This week’s Torah portion outlines mitzvot pertaining to the priestly class, the Kohanim. There is a greater level...

Love Is All You Need In this week’s Torah portion we have one of the most famous lines of all time....

Dedicated in memory of my dear mother, Eva Nightingale, Chava bat Shlomo and Tova whose first yahrtzeit is the first day of...

Dedicated in memory of my grandmother, Toby Kalchman (Tova bat Sena) whose yahrtzeit is Friday, erev Shabbat. And also for a complete recovery...

The Annual 2018 Wine Review It’s that time of year again – the Pre-Pesach annual wine review. This is my eighth and,...

Fixing a Broken Relationship In this week’s Torah portion we have one of the more pathetic events in Jewish history – the...

JOY This week ushered in the Jewish month of Adar, which means Purim is less than two weeks away. The Rabbis in...

You, with your words like knives And swords and weapons that you use against me You have knocked me off my feet...

Meet the In-Laws This week’s Torah portion has within it the most important event not only in Jewish history but arguably one...

All I Need Is A Miracle And He shall raise a banner to the nations, And He shall gather the nethermost of...