Parshat Shelach 5781

Shelach תשפא             Just twenty days shy of a year from the Jewish people’s arrival at Mount Sinai, they began their journey to the promised land, Israel. During that time, the nation had received the Torah, built the Tabernacle, and each tribe…

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Please don’t cut off your feet!
Parshat Baha’alosecha

This week I saw a group of people studiously sawing off their feet… at least metaphorically. I went to my local bank branch about twenty minutes before opening to deposit of a few checks, and right in middle of the…

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Parshat Baha’alosecha

Please don’t hate me for being a genius!
Parshat Bamidbar 5781

I still remember the first day I woke up brilliant. It was a cool autumn morning, with a light layer of frost coating the front lawn and the windshield of my car. Instead of thinking, “I’m going to need a…

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Parshat Bamidbar 5781