In this week’s portion’s final two chapters, the Jewish nation is attacked by theworld’s two most powerful leaders, Sichon, King of the Emori, and Og, king of Bashan,whom the Jews handily defeated. When the Jewish people merely asked Sichonpermission to…
In this week’s portion we learn about Moshe’s cousin, Korach, who challengedMoshe’s authority claiming that, out of nepotism, Moshe chose his brother Aharon to bethe high priest. Korach alleged that Aharon’s position should have gone to him.Korach was a 130-year-old…
Traveling to the Amazonian jungle in the mid-1800 was dangerous and harrowing. Bringing your entiremishpacha with you would either be described as blindly optimistic or just plain foolish. But when HenryWickham decamped from England to build a plantation in the…
Parshas Shelah– This week’s portion relates the story of the 12 spieswho Moshe sent into Israel to see the Land and report to the Jewishpeople. Ten of them, unfortunately, misinterpreted every sign thatHashem had provided to show them that He…
This week’s Torah reading begins with Hashem instructing Aharon the High Priest on how to light the Menorah as part of the daily Tabernacle service. When lighting the Menorah, Aharon had to position both the three wicks on the right…
If you’re house is like 118 million other households in the US, you have an internetconnection in your house. That would be about 89.7% of all households in the country.The top internet providers range by region, but it would be…
Owning an apartment building has its challenges. Tenants don’t pay their rent and local governments make it almost impossible to evict them. Plumbing starts getting old and leaks break out everywhere. People trash their apartments causing costly repairs, or leave…
Revenge is sweet. No one knows for sure where the phrase came from, but likely it was from someone who experienced that sweetness. But there are other phrases as well, that describe the other side of revenge. “Revenge is like…
RCLS| Dr. Helene Shapero
Tucked in the impoverished northeastern corner of India is an island that holds a world record, but perhaps not for long. The island of Majuli is the largest river island in the world. While most islands we think of are…