Parshat Vaetchanan 5779
Parshat Vaetchanan תשע"ט ואתחנן is the second portion in the last book of the Torah, דברים - Deuteronomy. The book of Deuteronomy is called משנה תורה, which means a review of the Torah. In this book, Moshe reviews many…
Tanner Street Trouble
Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av
As a child, Will always seemed to gravitate to more violent forms of play than the other boys in his neighborhood. Even when his mother took away his toy guns and swords, Will always found a way to turn innocuous…
Wanna Splurge?
Parshat Ha’Azinu/Sukkot 5779
When there is money in the streets, people get spend-crazy. Right now, there is money in the streets. With the stock market soaring to all time highs, the Dow Jones up over 50% in the last three years, and companies…
Let’s Get Medieval on Yom Kippur!
Parshat Vayelech/ Yom Kippur 5779
Just five miles east of the I-75 is the medieval era. Get off the highway, pass through a generic town or two, drive through some cornfields, and make a left turn into the 1500’s. It’s not always there, only at…
What if You Knew How to Save Thousands of Lives
Parshat Nitzavim/Rosh Hashanah 5778
Much of the information in this article was gleaned from an article by PBS Health on May 15, 2015 Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis may go down in history as the most frustrated and frustrating doctor in history, but he certainly will…
Just Keep Walking
Parshat Ki Tavo 5778
We do like our gyms, us Americans. With about 36,450 gyms spread out across the fifty states, there are more gyms in the USA than McDonalds, Wendy’s and Burger Kings combined! Bringing in over $27 billion a year, the gym,…