Thursday, February 28, 2019

Va-Yakhel (Shekalim): Can You Count to 500?

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You're not gonna believe this - I certainly didn't - but this blog post you are reading right now is actually my FIVE HUNDREDTH post...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Ki Tisa: Learning to Break and Tolerate the Broken

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A few weeks ago, I attended a really fascinating lecture on the Talmud. Now, I was a Talmud major in college, and I studied quite a bit more...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Tetzaveh: The Clothes Make the Man(ner)

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One thing people sometimes know about me is that I like fashionable clothing. I'm not the most stylish person in the world, by any stret...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

L'Chaim: February, 2019 - Expanding the Meaning of “Us”

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I want to add a Hebrew word to our vocabulary. I know there are already a lot of Hebrew concepts and phrases that are challenging to keep tr...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Terumah: A New Light Beams Down on Our Holy Space

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The Israelites are in the desert. God has started giving them laws to govern their lives, and the oppression of Egypt now seems long gone. I...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Mishpatim: What's Lurking Behind the Laws??

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Our Torah portion this week is SO focused on rules, ordinances, rituals, behaviors, legal clauses, and contracts that the very name of this ...
Friday, January 25, 2019

Yitro: The Wisdom of an Outside Perspective

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"Ben Zoma taught: Who is wise? One who learns from all people." ( Pirket Avot, 4:1 ) Do you know what the most important word is...