Is it a Mountain or a Molehill? 
Parshat Chayei Sara 5783

Art connoisseurs the world over are never too far from a venue that fills them with wonder and awe. Europeans have the Tate, the Louvre, Prado, and the vaunted Uffizi Gallery. Americans have the Met, the J. Paul Getty Center,…

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Parshat Chayei Sara 5783

How about those cheese curls? 
Parshat Vayeira 5783

Popcorn is good, but corn puffs are great. Both of them are made by doing something magical to corn kernels, but popcorn is a messy expression of that magic, leaving behind husks and debris all over your teeth and gums,…

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Parshat Vayeira 5783

My Sole is Fragile
 Parshat Lech Lecha 5783

I’m pretty confident I have weird feet. I don’t know if they’re flat, crooked, or inverted, but they don’t seem to fit into most shoes like a hand fits in a glove. If you’re a podiatrist and reading this, please…

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 Parshat Lech Lecha 5783

It’s not your fault… 
Parshat Noach 5783

Anyone would tell you that Todd Sikorsky had a tough life, but usually he would be the first one in line. It is not easy being the father of three rambunctious boys, all three of whom were diagnosed with ADHD…

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Parshat Noach 5783

Get Lost, Get Found 
Parshat Bereishit 5783

This is a repeat of a Shabbos email from 2009, likely the last time I spent Succos in Israel. The crowd started thickening about fifteen feet from the massive double doors leading into the succah. It was definitely no ordinary…

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Parshat Bereishit 5783

What keeps bankers up at night… 
Parshat Vayelech- Yom Kippur

Let’s face an uncomfortable fact; your information is out there. Your name, date of birth, social security number, address, and probably some of your credit card numbers. The fifteen largest hacks of the 21st century compromised over 4.5 billion accounts in…

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Parshat Vayelech- Yom Kippur