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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Have you ever been incredibly alone?
Parshat Noach 5782

I vividly remember the first day of school after my family moved to Israel in the summer of 1990. It was a huge school, with at least five times as many kids as the small school I attended in Cleveland,…

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Parshat Noach 5782

Parashat Noach 5782

Parashat Noach תשפ"ב             Although this coming Shabbat we will read the portion of Noach, we will here focus on Shabbat, a topic from last week’s portion, Bereshit.              A Jewish wedding takes place under a chuppah חופה) , –canopy). The canopy signifies the roof of the…

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A pill I can’t swallow…
Parshat Bereishit 5782

This Shabbos email was previously published in October of 2015. There have been some developments in the case, and you can read them at the end, just before the Parsha Dvar Torah.  Martin Shkreli just bought himself a new Lamborghini…

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Parshat Bereishit 5782