Bamidbar 5780
Bamidbar תשמ This coming Shabbat we begin reading the Torah’s fourth book, Bamidbar, Numbers, so called because in this book the Jewish people are counted twice. This took place on the first day of Iyar (the second month– Nissan is…
How to Survive a Kidnapping
Parshat Matot/Masei 5779
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…
Parshat Matot/Masei 5779
Parshat Matot – Masei It is difficult for us to appreciate the power of speech. We live in a materialistic world, and, therefore, actions, which we can see and evaluate, take on greater importance than speech, which seems to be…
Avocado is Back in the Headlines
Parshat Pinchas
Avocado is the headline hogger of the fruit world. There are about 2,000 species of fruit eaten by human beings, from pedestrian fruits like the apple, banana, clementine, and date, to the more exotic ones like the atemoya, bignay, calabash,…
I have Seen the Writing on the Wall
Parshat Balak 5779
This is a rerun of a previous Shabbos email. My wife did not re-give birth to our eight year old daughter, but there will be an update at the end of the email…. I have seen the writing on the…
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