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The Sukkot/Ecclesiastes Connection

King Solomon's exhilarating answer to: "What on earth are we doing here?" Each of the Jewish holidays is characterized by a special biblical book...

Chag HaSukkot – When Will My Actions Reach The Level of My Forefathers?

Having come through Rosh Hashana, the ten days of repentance and Yom Kippur, we busy ourselves with preparations for Sukkot. If we recall...

Yom Kippur and the Secret to a Happy Life

Do you want to know the secret for having a happy life? Strangely enough, we can derive the answer from Yom Kippur, the day...

The Yamim Noraim – Rising to the Source of All Blessing

Yesterday afternoon, my daughter Mariyah texted me from school after one of her classes. She said she had a question that was bothering...

Parshas Ha’azinu – The Healer Is On-Call

"Seek out Hashem when He can be found..." (Yeshaya 55:6) The ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are referred to by our...

Rosh HaShanah – Advice from the Brigadier General

When we spend Shabbat in Manhattan with Rabbi Elie Abadie, it's always a curiosity as to who will show up for breakfast at...

Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech – “Lessons of Equality”

For the past several weeks, certain ideas have dominated my consciousness. Don't worry, these are not obsessive thoughts, and I am not a...

Parshat Nisavim- Will You Accept Your Commission?

Most mornings I am out of bed and my day begins by the time the clock strikes five. Often though, I wake up...

Parshas Ki Tavo: It’s All About The Relationship!

All of these curses will come upon you and pursue you and overtake you up until the point they destroy you because you have...

Parshas Ki Savo – Diving Deep

"When you have finished tithing every tithe of your produce...you shall say before G-d your L-rd, 'I have removed the holy things from the...

Parshat Ki Tavo – Visions; Blessings or Curses??

Ask people where the line, “I see dead people” comes from. Many will recall a movie that they may or may not have...

The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Ki Teitzei – The Greatness of Man

Parshas Ki Seitzei “If a man shall commit a crime whose judgment is death, he shall be put to death, and you shall hang...

Parshat Ki Teitzei – The First Step

Before Times Square became the home of dueling Spider men, battling Betty Boops and pushy Sponge Bobs, all hoping to share a photo...

Parshas Shoftim – “The Participant Observer”

I have had a long and abiding interest in the process by which we make decisions in our lives. Long ago, I was...

Parshat Shoftim – Knowing Your Enemy

As we continue the book of Deuteronomy featuring Moses' parting speech to the children of Israel we read verses this week cautioning us...

Parshas Re’eh – “What’s Missing In This Picture?”

The old and crumbling building housed a synagogue that was a "gift" from Joseph Stalin to the Jews of Odessa. Historically, Odessa was a...

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