Parshat Chayei Sarah 5782

Chayei Sarah תשפב             Sarah our Matriarch has died at age 127, and the Torah describes how her husband Avraham comes to eulogize her (Genesis 23:1,2): וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה: (ב) וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת…

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I don’t like giving babies medicine….
Parshat Vayera 5782

High on the list of my least favorite things to do is giving medicine to my children, especially the really small ones.  This past Shabbos, I noticed that my son, who just turned one, was feeling a bit warm. The…

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Parshat Vayera 5782

The Quest for the Immortal Shoe
Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

I’m pretty confident I have weird feet. I don’t know if they’re flat, crooked, or inverted, but they don’t seem to fit into most shoes like a hand fits in a glove. If you’re a podiatrist and reading this, please…

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Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

Parshat Lech Lecha  תשפ"ב This week's portion introduces us to Avraham Avinu, Avraham our forefather, who was so dedicated to Hashem that he made it his life’s mission to teach the world about Him. Hashem, in turn, loved Avraham so much that…

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Have you ever been incredibly alone?
Parshat Noach 5782

I vividly remember the first day of school after my family moved to Israel in the summer of 1990. It was a huge school, with at least five times as many kids as the small school I attended in Cleveland,…

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Parshat Noach 5782