The Nuclear Reactor in the Backyard
Parshat Vayigash

Becoming an Eagle Scout, the highest-level Boy Scout, is much like stamp collecting, except that you have to do particular tasks to collect those stamps, or merit badges as they are called in Eagle-speak. There are over a hundred different…

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Parshat Vayigash

The Layaway Angels
Parshat Mikeitz/Chanukah

It doesn’t look like we’ll be having snow angels this Chanukah in our area, but instead we got a different kind of angel, the layaway angel. Like so many good things, layaway angels got their start in the great state…

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Parshat Mikeitz/Chanukah

The Epidemic No One Talks About
Parshat Vayeshev

lonely adjective lone·​ly | \ˈlōn-lē \ Definition of lonely 1a: being without company 1b: cut off from others 2: not frequented by human beings 3: sad from being alone 4: producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation From the Merriam-Webster…

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Parshat Vayeshev