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This week my 16-year old, Avital came home from school with a quote from her teacher: If you raise your kids (properly),... Read More

The First Selfie   This week’s Torah portion has one of the more perplexing episodes in Jewish history. Forty days after the... Read More

Valentine’s Day – How a Man Should Treat a Woman I know, Valentine’s Day is not a Jewish holiday. Named after a... Read More

The Apology   I really did not like my fifth grade teacher. It was the first time I had such negative feelings... Read More

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