Parshat Toldos 5783
Toldos תשפ"ג Yitzchak and Rivka had been married for 20 years and had yet to be blessed with a child. To seek to remedy the problem, they stepped up their prayers and began beseeching Hashem. The Torah tells us that Yitzchak…
Is it a Mountain or a Molehill?
Parshat Chayei Sara 5783
Art connoisseurs the world over are never too far from a venue that fills them with wonder and awe. Europeans have the Tate, the Louvre, Prado, and the vaunted Uffizi Gallery. Americans have the Met, the J. Paul Getty Center,…
Power of the Parsha: Chayei Sarah
Thursday Lunch and Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Parshat Chayei Sarah 5783
Chayei Sarah תשפ"ג Yitzchak was 40 years old, and it was time for him to get married and continue the legacy that Avraham had begun. Avraham then lived in Canaan; an area inhabited by the descendants of Noach’s grandson Canaan. Because…
How about those cheese curls?
Parshat Vayeira 5783
Popcorn is good, but corn puffs are great. Both of them are made by doing something magical to corn kernels, but popcorn is a messy expression of that magic, leaving behind husks and debris all over your teeth and gums,…
The Power of the Parsha: Vayeira
Thursday Lunch and Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Parshat Vayeira 5783
Parshat Vayeira תשפ"ג It was Pesach, the 15th of Nissan, and, just three days earlier, Avraham, now 99 years old, had circumcised himself upon Hashem’s command. In those days, sterile conditions were unavailable, and by the third day it was common to…
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…
The Power of the Parsha: Lech Lecha
Thursday Lunch N' Learn | Rabbi Leiby Burnham
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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