Tanner Street Trouble
Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av

As a child, Will always seemed to gravitate to more violent forms of play than the other boys in his neighborhood. Even when his mother took away his toy guns and swords, Will always found a way to turn innocuous…

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Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av

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…

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Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av 5778