The bigger the better? Parshat Behalotcha 5778
Bigger is not always better. Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever on record, would surely tell you that. He was born on Feb. 22nd, 1918 to Addie and Harold Wadlow of Alton, Illinois at a normal weight of eight pounds,…
Parshat Be’halotcha 5778
Parshat Be'halotcha We find something quite peculiar in the Sefer Torah in this week’s portion. Two verses are enclosed by the Hebrew letter נ nun, turned backwards. This is what it looks like (Numbers 10:35, 36): 35) When the Ark…
Parshat Be’halotcha 5777
Parshat Be'halotcha This week’s Torah reading begins with the instructions to Aharon the High Priest on how to light the menorah in the Tabernacle. The instructions are, that when lighting the wicks of the menorah, the three wicks on the…
You Could Jump Over the Grand Canyon or…Behalotcha 5776
There are two kinds of people in the world: People who live to do any stunt that will take them close enough to death that they can run their fingers through its hair, and people who like to watch them…