Torah

Parshat Yitro 5780

Parshat Yitro תש"פ The Jewish people left Egypt on the Fifteenth of Nisan and reached Mount Sinai forty-five days later, on the First of Sivan. From the moment that HaShem appeared to Moshe at the Burning Bush, HaShem made it…

Chasing Mystical Vortices
Parshat Beshalach 5780

If you want to have a great family experience with inordinate amounts of fun for children, you might want to head on down to Disneyworld. Each year, fifty two million people, mostly families with small children, visit this Mecca of…

Parshat Beshalach 5780

Parshat Beshalach תש"פ When our forefather Avraham was age seventy, HaShem told him that his children would be slaves for 400 years in a foreign land. HaShem also promised him (Genesis 15:14): "וְגַם אֶת הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי…

A Broader Lens on Jewish History

Perek Shira: Song of the Universe- Part 1 Intro

Getting Lost in the Weeds
Parshat Bo 5780

When we think of the earliest explorers of our fledgling country, we tend to think of rugged adventurers of the Daniel Boone genre, people who would kill a bear with their bare hands and then eat its raw flesh for…

Parshat Bo 5780

Parshat Bo 5780

Parshat Bo תש"פ On Rosh HaShanah this year, the Jewish Calendar year changed from 5779 to 5780 (“Rosh HaShanah” means the “head of the year” or the beginning of the new year.) This number represents the years that have passed…