Elul 5783
Elul תשפ"ג Rosh Hashanah, which falls on the 1st day of the month of Tishrei (this year, Friday night, September 16th) marks the beginning of the new year 5784. This counts the years since the world’s creation, which happened on…
Pain Free Construction Anyone?
Parshas Ki Tetzei 5783
Construction is never a simple thing. The general rule is to expect projects to take thirty percent longer than scheduled and to cost thirty percent more than budgeted. But a building taking more than 200 years to build is considerably…
Parshat Ki Tetzei 5783
Ki Tetzei תשפ"ג The boy was trouble from day one. Even in the hospital, the nurses couldn’t figure out how to stop his incessant crying. As he got older, the crying stopped, but the mischief and mean tricks he played…
Parshas Shoftim
Parshat Shoftim תשפג If statistics are correct, Jews comprise .02% of the world’s population. There are over 2.5 billion Christians, almost 2 billion Muslims, billions more people in many other religions, including non-believers. The Torah instructs us to follow the…
Can I Get Some Umami with That?
Parshas Re’eh 5783
We are living in times when the country is quite divided. There seems to be almost nothing we can agree on, the liberals keep getting more liberal, and the Conservatives more Conservative. News sources are split between right wing media…
Parshas Re’eh 5783
Re'eh תשפג When contemplating the motives and goals of the authors of the United States Constitution , we need look no further than the Constitution’s preamble : We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more…
What Did He Do For You?
Parshas Eikev 5783
The beast lumbering by my van’s window had a face as large as a pizza pie, and a body that weighed as much as a small car. Its gait was clumsy and graceful all at once, massive muscular haunches dutifully…
Parshas Ekev 5783
Ekev תשפ"ג During a time in Jewish history when the gentiles did not permit the Jewish people to read the weekly Torah portion on Shabbat, the people would nevertheless continue to receive the important messages conveyed in the weekly…
Tisha B’Av 5783
Tisha B’av תשפ"ג This Thursday, July 27, the Jewish people will observe Tisha B’av - the 9th of Av, a fast day. On this date many years ago, both Holy Temples were destroyed. Throughout history, other cataclysmic events also…
You’ve been invaded
Parshas Devarim – Tisha Ba’av
Some states, like California or Texas, seem to have it all; glamour, big business, large populations, beautiful nature, national and international recognition, and lots of things to do. Other states, like Iowa or Idaho, seem to have none of it,…
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