Wanna Go Sharkriding with Me?
Parshas Beha’aloscha 5783

Hello Everybody, There are two kinds of people in the world: People who live to do any stunt that will take them close enough to death that they can run their fingers through its hair, and people who like to…

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Parshas Beha’aloscha 5783

Parshat Beha’alotcha 5578

Beha'alotcha תשפ"ג                 On the night of the 15th of Nissan, Passover night, 3,335 years ago, the Jewish people fulfilled the mitzva of eating matza for the first time at the seder. After eating the afikomen (dessert - a piece…

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Chai, Chess, and Moonshine
Parshas Naso 5783

India is a vast and complicated country. Its 1.4 billion citizens, the world’s largest population, are spread out over 1.2 million square miles, with terrains ranging from the Himalayan Mountains, to the Indian Ocean coastline, the Thar Desert, the rainforests…

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Parshas Naso 5783

Let’s Be Real
Parhas Behar Bechukosai

Cognitive dissonance hung heavy in the humid air. The people of Maranello, Italy were unsettled. A fire-engine red Ferrari had been driving through town all morning causing quite a racket. Usually, the snarling growl of a Ferrari didn’t bother the people…

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Parhas Behar Bechukosai

Parsat Bahar – Bechukotai 5783

This Shabbat, we will read two portions, Behar and Bechukotai. In Parshat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-13), Hashem promises the Jewish people that if they keep His commandments, they will receive many blessings and experience no hardships. The rains will fall in…

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