High Holiday Special: Succot
Thursday Lunch and Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
I think I know what the world needs…
Parshat Nitzavim – Rosh Hashana 5782
Much of the information in this article was gleaned from an article by PBS Health on May 15, 2015 Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis may go down in history as the most frustrated and frustrating doctor in history, but he certainly will…
High Holiday Special: Yom Kippur
Thursday Lunch and Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Some pay for it, some call it torture…
Parshat Ki Tavo 5782
We do like our gyms, us Americans. With about 36,450 gyms spread out across the fifty states, there are more gyms in the USA than McDonalds, Wendy’s and Burger Kings combined! Bringing in over $27 billion a year, the gym,…
Do You Really Want Utopia?
Parshat Ki Teitzei 5782
In early 1973, a US researcher named John Calhoun found himself in the middle of a small city that had mysteriously died out. There was not a single resident remaining, despite it having a population of 2200 just two years…
Craving Some Humiliation?
Parshat Shoftim 5782
If you ever find yourself with a craving for humiliation, try the following: walk into any Hermes store, and ask the salesperson if they have any Birkin bags. What will follow is a full sizing up of you as a…
If it’s good enough for the doctors…
Parshat Veeschanan- Namachu 5782
May 28th is a special day. Exactly two decades ago, that day found me standing under a chuppah; watching my soon-to-be wife walk down the aisle flanked by her parents, and praying intensely that G-d should make our home into one…
We don’t need those keys…
Parshat Devorim- Tisha B’av 5782
The following story is true, however the names and details have been fictionalized to bring out the story. The pounding in Shlomo’s head wouldn’t stop, but it was easily drowned out by the pain in his heart. The city lie…
Tisha B’av Special
Thursday Lunch and Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Please keep this secret from your spouse…
Parsha Matos – Masei 5782
I’m pretty confident that you’ve never heard of the 9 Nanas; they worked hard to keep it that way. For thirty years, the 9 Nanas, a group of women near Memphis, TN, would get up at 4AM, and sneak out…
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