The Music in My Operating Room
Parshat Mishpatim 5780

An operating room can be a pretty tense and chaotic place, which is why it is no surprise that about 70% of surgeons prefer to have music playing while they operate. Already in the early 1900’s, a Pennsylvania surgeon wrote…

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Parshat Mishpatim 5780

Parshat Mishpatim 5780

Parshat Mishpatim תש"פ “And these are the laws [“Mishpatim”] that you should place before them”: “And”—Parshat Mishpatim starts off in a peculiar way. The Hebrew text begins with a “ו”, which translates as “And,” a word usually used to connect…

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The Golden Voice, the Golden Ticket?
Parshat Yitro 5780

“Got some spare change?” “Hey man, have a quarter to spare?” “Some change to help me get a meal?” You could hear those words a million times a day throughout the US, but only in one place would you hear…

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