Pain Free Construction Anyone?
Parshas Ki Tetzei 5783

Construction is never a simple thing. The general rule is to expect projects to take thirty percent longer than scheduled and to cost thirty percent more than budgeted. But a building taking more than 200 years to build is considerably…

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Parshas Ki Tetzei 5783

Do You Really Want Utopia? 
Parshat Ki Teitzei 5782

In early 1973, a US researcher named John Calhoun found himself in the middle of a small city that had mysteriously died out. There was not a single resident remaining, despite it having a population of 2200 just two years…

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Parshat Ki Teitzei 5782

Ki Teitzei 5782

Ki Teitzei תשפ"ב             Moshe took a mere thirty-six days to teach the entire book of Deuteronomy to the Jewish people. As we near the book’s end, Moshe’s death and the transition to Yehoshua’s leadership is only days away. This means that…

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Parshat Ki Tetzei 5781

Ki Tetzei תשפא   The Torah teaches us in this week’s parsha Deuteronomy (22:6,7):  (ו) כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָל עֵץ אוֹ עַל הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל הָאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל הַבֵּיצִים לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים: (ז)…

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Mirror Mirror no the Wall…
Parshat Ki Tetzei 5780

Mirror mirror on the wall, which national park is the most majestic of them all? Its mountains are as green as the verdant forest, Its peaks rise up to graze on the heavens Its waterfalls tumble down from peak to…

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Parshat Ki Tetzei 5780