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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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Re’eh: Teaching Children

July 28, 2013 – 4:08 am | Comments Off on Re’eh: Teaching Children3,095 views
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Memories of Children
What are your earliest Jewish memories?
My formative memories are of the holidays. Building a Sukkah with my father and brothers. Eating Matzah at the Seder table. Hearing the Ten Commandments on Shavuot.[1]

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Noah: Money is Just a Tool

October 14, 2012 – 2:39 am | Comments Off on Noah: Money is Just a Tool3,215 views
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The Olive Symbol
The flood had lasted for forty days and forty nights. The rainfall and water surges were relentless, nothing and no one was spared, even the mountaintops were flooded. But the rains tapered off and the waters receded. The ark, adrift on an endless ocean, floated aimlessly for months.

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Shavuot: How To Celebrate An Anniversary?

May 21, 2012 – 1:20 am | Comments Off on Shavuot: How To Celebrate An Anniversary?3,295 views
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Ani-Very-Sorry
Shavuot is the anniversary of the day we received the Torah. Almost every year before my anniversary my friends ask, so what are you going to do for your anniversary? I submit that a much better question would be what is your anniversary going to do for you? And if …

Lech Lecha: In the Clouds or on the Ground

October 30, 2011 – 3:46 am | Comments Off on Lech Lecha: In the Clouds or on the Ground2,878 views
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Two Paradigms
Who is truly the person of G-d? Is it the venerable sage who sits alone,head in the clouds, nose buried in ancient tomes or the fellow on the streets, who guides the perplexed and mentors seeking souls? Is it the scholar, whose mind is immersed in ancient wisdoms or …

Pinchas: A People of Three-Thousand Years

July 10, 2011 – 4:18 am | Comments Off on Pinchas: A People of Three-Thousand Years2,946 views
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Broken Telephone
Have you ever played broken telephone? This game consists of passing a message to one person, who in turn passes it to another. The object is to see how many transmissions the message can undergo before it is altered. In most cases five transmissions is considered a high number.

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Yitro – When Student Becomes Teacher

January 18, 2011 – 2:58 pm | Comments Off on Yitro – When Student Becomes Teacher7,550 views
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Teaching and Giving
Did you know that Jews knew and studied the Torah well before G-d gave it at Sinai? The Torah was taught to Adam, who taught it to Seth who passed it to his children till it reached Abraham, who taught it to the Jews. (1) This begs the …

Shoftim: Let The Teachers Teach

August 9, 2010 – 8:55 pm | Comments Off on Shoftim: Let The Teachers Teach2,684 views
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Leading By Example
“Judges and guards shall you appoint over you at all your gates.” (1) This biblical passage establishes the halachic foundation for a Jewish Judicial system. The two primary players in the system are the judges and the guards. There can be no justice without judges, who issue halachic …

Devarim: Heartfelt Thought

July 11, 2010 – 4:17 am | Comments Off on Devarim: Heartfelt Thought5,021 views
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An Amazing Feat
It was on the first day of the month of Shevat, five weeks before his passing, that Moses sat down to teach the Torah. He had been teaching for nearly forty years; ever since descending Mt. Sinai Moses had done little, but teach. Still  he began a full …