Let’s talk trash for a moment. It’s one of the few things that American do exceptionally well. The world will throw out 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage this year (here’s a visual to help you grasp that: 2,600,000,000,000 pounds!), and…
Parshat Matos – Masei תשפ"ג This week we conclude the book of Numbers, which chronicles the travels and events as the Jewish nation journeyed from Egypt to the edge of the promised land, Israel. Aharon and Miriam have already…
I’m pretty confident that you’ve never heard of the 9 Nanas; they worked hard to keep it that way. For thirty years, the 9 Nanas, a group of women near Memphis, TN, would get up at 4AM, and sneak out…
Matot – Masei תשפב This Shabbat we will read the last two portions in the book of Numbers, Matot and Masei. Before Moshe died, Hashem let him see the Land of Israel that he so desperately wanted to enter. As the…
Let’s talk trash for a moment. It’s one of the few things that American do exceptionally well. The world will throw out 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage this year (here’s a visual to help you grasp that: 2,600,000,000,000 pounds!), and…
Parshat Matot – Masei תשפא It is difficult for us to appreciate the power of our speech since we live in a materialistic world, where actions, which we can see and evaluate, take on greater importance than speech, which seems to…
There are many times where we look back at history and say to ourselves, “We really could have used technology X back then, what a difference it would have made.” The application of this line of thinking is almost limitless.…
Parshat Matot – Masei תשע"ח In this week’s double portion, (depending on the year and on what days the holidays fall out, sometimes two weekly portions are read together) Hashem charges Moshe with his final task: retaliation against the Midianites…
Disclaimer: This email contains depictions of a graphic crime, readers please use caution if reading in front of children. There are two dominant theories about triathletes. The first is that they are supremely cowardly human beings, and spend their life…