Tazriah – Metzorah תשפג This coming Shabbat, two portions will be read in Shul. The main topic of these two portions is the “metzorah,” one who is stricken with the malady -צרעת “tzaraat” (or tzaraas). The usual translation of tzaraat is leprosy, a translation that…
This essay relies heavily on the information contained in an article from The Atlantic, written by Stephen Cave, and found in the June 2016 issue. David walked out of Professor Smilansky’s lecture hall, and felt like he had just won…
Toldos תשפא One of the highlights of the Pesach seder comes at the very end: Echad me yodea? (Who Knows One?) The song itself supplies the answers: One is Hashem, two are the tablets of the covenant (containing the ten…
Tisha B’Av תשפ Napoleon was once passing a shul in Paris on Tisha B’Av when he heard the sounds of crying and wailing coming from within. Thinking that something terrible going on, he stepped inside to see what he could…