Lazer Gurkow, Author at Inner Stream

Nurturing Emotional Growth

This week we will read a combined Torah portion. The first is called Matot, the second is called Masei. Matot, […]

I was walking with a friend, one Shabbat, and as we reached the crosswalk, he bent to push the button

I grew up in the shadow of the Six-Day War. The impossible yardstick of this war measured every subsequent war

We usually talk about a leap of faith. Today, I want to discuss a much harder concept: a leap of

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This week, we read about the spies that Moses sent to inspect Israel ahead of the Jews’ arrival. The story

Last night, Israel launched a devastating preemptive strike against Iran’s military and nuclear ambitions. The IDF explained that Iran was

When speaking of lighting the candles in the Temple, the Torah uses an unusual euphemism. Rather than saying lighting the