Get Out There!
Parshat Eikev
The closer you get to the fire, the hotter it gets. The closer you get to the band the louder the music gets. The closer you get to the rain the cozier it gets. Last week our family went on…
Get Out There!
Sorry, but You are so Pavlovian!
Parshat Vaetchanan
Do you know anyone who fancies himself a connoisseur? Do they feel they are an aficionado, cognizant of the essential differences between designer garb and inferior clothing? Or perhaps they consider themselves true gourmands, people who know how to appreciate…
The Palace That Lies Empty
Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av 5778
The King, the kind, benevolent monarch, ruled well for years, but around him hung the gloom of childlessness. He would have no one upon whom to bequeath his mantle of leadership. Everything he built would be for naught. There would…
When Too Much is Too Much
Parshat Matot Masei 5778
Some guys in tri-cornered hats sacrificed everything so that you can have the liberty to eat 69 hotdogs and buns in 10 minutes. Happy Birthday America. America is a great country. We are the world leading democracy, and our beliefs…
Not Wealthy, but Rich
Parshat Pinchas 5778
We all have friends who only do things if they can do them 130%. My friend Noach is not just a plumber, he was the youngest person in Michigan history to become a Licenses Master Plumber. He’s not just a…
Low and Slow
Parshat Balak
Fire burning flesh. It doesn’t sound too appetizing until you think of cooking meat, which follows that exact recipe. And if it’s really good BBQ, it’s probably fire burning flesh really sloooooowly. Growing up, the word BBQ meant cooking hot…
The Twisted Side of Yoga… Chukat 5778
Everyone knew that Sean Dowd loved yoga, he pretty much lived his life in yoga clothing, consciously screaming of his yoga crush to the whole world. But his closer friends also knew that he loved anything “Eastern and spiritual.” He…
The Best and Worst Investment You Can Make… Korach 5778
Lottery tickets are both the worst and best investments a person could possibly make. It is also the only investment where the best outcome is that you lose. On the one hand, giving away $2 for a Powerball ticket that…
The Antidote to Boredom…Shlach 5778
If you were to visit the Rainbow Camp in between San Diego and Los Angeles, you would find all the trappings of a women’s spiritual retreat; yoga and meditation sessions, small gardens growing organic vegetables and herbs, and the smell…
The bigger the better? Parshat Behalotcha 5778
Bigger is not always better. Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever on record, would surely tell you that. He was born on Feb. 22nd, 1918 to Addie and Harold Wadlow of Alton, Illinois at a normal weight of eight pounds,…
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