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Tzav: Fighting Evil
We are surrounded by evil; every so often, it rears its ugly head as it did on Simchat Torah—the October 7 massacre. Pure evil raped Jewish mothers, burned Jewish babies alive, mutilated their fathers, and beheaded their neighbors. Pure evil burned loving couples clinging to each other, to …

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Yitro: The Vanishing Letters

February 1, 2010 – 2:29 am | Comments Off on Yitro: The Vanishing Letters2,563 views
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Four Reviews
Our sages taught before appearing at Sinai, G-d reviewed the Ten Commandments four times. (1) What is the significance of these four reviews and what can we learn from this in terms of the vanishing letters??

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Vaeira: When Faith Breeds Confidence

January 18, 2009 – 12:28 am | Comments Off on Vaeira: When Faith Breeds Confidence2,772 views
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Our Grandparents
I stand in awe of my grandparent’s generation, who fought two world wars and overcame a depression in the span of three short decades. They stood up to the twin evils of Nazism and Communism and created peace, stability and even prosperity. They did not have the luxuries we …

Tezaveh: When Right Meets Left

February 4, 2007 – 1:43 am | Comments Off on Tezaveh: When Right Meets Left2,571 views
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North and South
What would you rather, wisdom or wealth? Sounds like a solomonic question, but our sages provided a road map. “If you seek wealth turn to the north and if you seek wisdom turn to the south.” But how exactly dos turning north or south provide wisdom or wealth? …

Toldot: Clutching the Heel

October 25, 2006 – 8:50 pm | Comments Off on Toldot: Clutching the Heel2,525 views
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The Birth of Twins
They had assembled to help Rebbecca through her difficult labor. This was not an ordinary delivery, there were twins in her womb. Not ordinary twins either, these twins were engaged in a bitter rivalry that began the moment they were conceived. Their continuous bickering had given their …

Sukkot: The Sukkah Paradox

September 10, 2006 – 5:54 am | Comments Off on Sukkot: The Sukkah Paradox2,557 views
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The Sukkah Paradox
For eight days I abandon the comforts of home and move into a backyard hut, a temporary shelter called a Sukah. My Sukkah is buffeted by wind and chilled by the cold, yet as I sit inside, I am happy.  I lift my eyes and behold the panorama …

Eikev: Unsatisfied?

July 30, 2006 – 4:07 am | Comments Off on Eikev: Unsatisfied?2,372 views
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Manna
“And he afflicted you, he made you hunger and he fed you the Manna” (Deuteronomy 8:3) To describe the Manna experience as one of hunger and affliction seems a bit curious, what did the Torah have in mind?

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B’chukotai: Material Reward

May 7, 2006 – 3:48 am | Comments Off on B’chukotai: Material Reward2,468 views
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An Obvious Question
This week’s Parsha begins with an assurance from G-d that if we observe his commandments he will grant us many rewards including prosperity, safety, peace and national sovereignty. Many commentators have wondered why all the enumerated rewards are of a physical nature, are we not destined for spiritual …

Acharei Mot K’doshim: A Lifetime of Forward Steps

April 23, 2006 – 10:02 am | Comments Off on Acharei Mot K’doshim: A Lifetime of Forward Steps2,175 views
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Be Holy
Our Parsha exhorts us to be holy and the reason given is “For I (Hashem) am holy”. The Midrash adds that though we are encouraged to reach for Hashem’s holiness, it will always remain beyond us. What did the Midrash seek to accomplish by this statement? Try to reach …