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Parshas Tzav –  JUST DO IT!

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Did morning ever come too early, and you gave yourself “just five more minutes”? You close your eyes… and somehow five...

Parshat Tzav:  Memories and Dreams

By: Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz Parshas Tzav begins with a discussion of two mitzvos related to the removal of the ashes that accumulated on the mizbayach...

Parshas Zachor – Remember

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The days became weeks. The weeks became months. October, November, December, January, February, and now we are approaching the end of...

Parshat Vayikra – Courtesy and Confidentiality

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb “There is no such thing as privacy anymore.” “There are no secrets anymore.” These are two complaints that are heard frequently...

Parshas Pekudei  – Secrets to Survival

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The Hebrew language is like no other, it is Lashon HaKodesh, the Holy Tongue. Its words are not just a combination...

Parshat Pekudei – The Cloud

By: Rabbi Benjamin Hecht Shemot 40:35 states that Moshe Rabbeinu was not able to enter the Ohel Mo’ed for the cloud was upon it and...

Finding Happiness – An Adar of Simcha

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Mi’sheh’nichnas Adar marbim b’simcha, When Adar arrives, simcha increases. Can it be with the advent of a new month, simcha automatically enters...

Parshas Vayakhel – Women Symbolize the Power of Renewal

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand The pasuk says, “And every man whose heart inspired him came, and everyone who was of generous spirit brought his...

Parshas Ki Sisa  – Intertwined Souls

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Ki Sisa, tells of the tragic episode of the Eigel HaZahav, the Golden Calf. Imagine Moshe Rabbeinu, descending from...

Parshas Ki Sisa –“The Masked Man”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday celebrations and the weekly Torah...

Parshas Tetzaveh  – Taking Out the Trash

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was summertime. My parents were upstate lecturing in the Pine View Hotel. I was taking courses in Brooklyn College, and...

Parshas Tetzaveh – “Clothes Make the Man”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back to my early days in...

Parshas Terumah –  Broken Yet Whole

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Terumah, details the construction of the Mishkan, and its vessels. “V’asu Li Mikdash, v’shachanti b’socham, And they shall make...

Parshas Terumah – The Mishkan Gifts Are Listed In Descending Order

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand The verse lists the various materials that were donated to the Mishkan. The Torah mentions “gold, silver, and copper; turquoise, purple,...

Parshas Mishpatim – To Be A Mentsch

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Parshas Mishpatim. The word “mishpatim” (mishpat) means justice. It is a parsha of civil and ethical laws – laws that create...

Parshas Mishpatim – The Stuff of Unity

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word “holy” is thought to be...

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