Please don’t hate me for being a genius!
Parshat Bamidbar 5781

Please don’t hate me for being a genius! Parshat Bamidbar 5781

I still remember the first day I woke up brilliant. It was a cool autumn morning, with a light layer of frost coating the front lawn and the windshield of my car. Instead of thinking, “I’m going to need a coat today,” I began thinking of the mathematical formulas describing the fractal properties of the

You will Burn Ice
Parshat Emor 5781

You will Burn Ice Parshat Emor 5781

The entire Jewish people is in mourning for the 45 souls that were lost in the horrific accident that happened last night in Meron. Below are some words penned by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg of Boca Raton Synagogue that I found uplifting in this difficult time. May Hashem send us His salvation soon, so that we

Cannons and Bells….
Parshat Achrei-Mos Kedoshim

Cannons and Bells…. Parshat Achrei-Mos Kedoshim

Smack in middle of the Kremlin stands the largest cannon in the world, the Tsar Cannon. Made entirely of bronze, it weighs in at over 86,000 pounds, and is close to 20 feet long. It has a caliber of 890mm, which means that its mouth is just about 3 feet wide. When loaded it would

You want to be brainwashed!
Tazria-Metzora 5781

You want to be brainwashed! Tazria-Metzora 5781

If you live near a large metropolitan area, you’ve probably seen this phenomenon. It probably scratched your brain for a few seconds, but you had no explanation for it, and then you got distracted by the car swerving ahead of you, or the podcast you were listening to, and it went away. You may have

Let’s Grow This!
Parshat Shmini

Let’s Grow This! Parshat Shmini

Owning an apartment building has its challenges. Tenants don’t pay their rent and local governments make it almost impossible to evict them. Plumbing starts getting old and leaks break out everywhere. People trash their apartments causing costly repairs, or leave trash around their apartments attracting all sorts of pests from mice and roaches to bed

A Night of Rebirth
Parshat Vayikra 5781

A Night of Rebirth Parshat Vayikra 5781

Miriam, or Maria as she was now called, went over the shopping list for the fourth time. She wanted to ensure that buying horseradish at this time of year wouldn’t raise the ever suspicious eyes of the Inquisitors who were watching the markets for exactly such purchases. Ever since she and her family had “converted”