Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Tazria Metzora: It Is Not About You

The Torah tells us that a Jewish man who contracted skin lesions called tzaraat had to be quarantined until the […]

G-d is watching all the time. He neither slumbers nor sleeps; never gets distracted or overwhelmed. He is always watching.

Isolation is no longer a word; it has become a way of life. For many of us, isolation can be

Until morning is a phrase of promise and hope. The night is dark and desolate, but it won’t last forever.

Healthy distancing is a phrase I coined to replace the term social distancing. As I wrote last week, we are

Social distancing connotes the two-meter distance that we maintain to prevent the spread of the dreaded Covid-19. Personally, I dislike

G-d instructed Moses to collect a half silver shekel from each Jew for the Tabernacle’s building fund. Before allocating the

Lazer Gurkow / February 29, 2020

Together, we survive. Jews have always been responsive to fellow Jews in need. If a Jew was in debtor’s prison,