Parshat Pinchas תשע"ח This week’s portion begins with Hashem praising Pinchas for the zealous act that he performed at the end of last week’s portion, Balak. Pinchas’s conduct appeased Hashem’s anger and stopped the plague that had begun. Hashem rewarded…
We all have friends who only do things if they can do them 130%. My friend Noach is not just a plumber, he was the youngest person in Michigan history to become a Licenses Master Plumber. He’s not just a…
Fire burning flesh. It doesn’t sound too appetizing until you think of cooking meat, which follows that exact recipe. And if it’s really good BBQ, it’s probably fire burning flesh really sloooooowly. Growing up, the word BBQ meant cooking hot…
Parshat Balak תשע"ח This week’s portion, Balak, introduces us to בלעם - Bilam, history’s only legitimate non-Jewish prophet. Although many others claim to have had a prophecy, hence, so many religions in the world, they are all impostors. How so?…
Parshat Chukat תשע"ח In this week’s portion, Chukat, the Torah relates the incident for which Moshe and Aharon were punished and not permitted to enter the promised land, Israel. It all started when the water supply for the Jewish…
Everyone knew that Sean Dowd loved yoga, he pretty much lived his life in yoga clothing, consciously screaming of his yoga crush to the whole world. But his closer friends also knew that he loved anything “Eastern and spiritual.” He…
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