My Sole is Fragile
 Parshat Lech Lecha 5783

I’m pretty confident I have weird feet. I don’t know if they’re flat, crooked, or inverted, but they don’t seem to fit into most shoes like a hand fits in a glove. If you’re a podiatrist and reading this, please…

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 Parshat Lech Lecha 5783

Parshat Lech Lecha 5783

Lech Lecha תשפ"ג             The Mishna in Pirkei Avot (5:3) tells us that Hashem tested our forefather Abraham (“Avraham Avinu”) - - with 10 tests, and he passed them all. One of the tests was the command in this week’s portion to leave his…

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The Quest for the Immortal Shoe
Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

I’m pretty confident I have weird feet. I don’t know if they’re flat, crooked, or inverted, but they don’t seem to fit into most shoes like a hand fits in a glove. If you’re a podiatrist and reading this, please…

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Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

Parshat Lech Lecha  תשפ"ב This week's portion introduces us to Avraham Avinu, Avraham our forefather, who was so dedicated to Hashem that he made it his life’s mission to teach the world about Him. Hashem, in turn, loved Avraham so much that…

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Running out of Storage?
Parshat Lech Lecha 5781

I currently have 31 tabs open on my laptop. These include, but are not limited to; work email inbox, personal email inbox, a few Google Spreadsheets I use to track various work related metrics, an interesting article I saw a…

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Parshat Lech Lecha 5781

Lech Lecha 5781

Lech Lecha תשפא This week’s portion introduces us to our Forefather Avraham. Maimonides (Laws of Idol Worship 1:3) tells us of Avraham’s beginning and his greatness. ג) כיון שנגמל איתן זה התחיל לשוטט בדעתו והוא קטן והתחיל לחשוב ביום ובלילה…

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