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Parshat Bechukosai – A Magic Word!

If the following question appeared on your SAT or Math quiz, how would you answer? Five is to a hundred and one hundred is...

Parshas Behar: Anniversary, Birthday, Jubilee!

My father, may he rest in peace, worked for many years in the garment industry. He worked hard, and there were times when he...

Parshat Behar – The Gift of Powering Down

I'm writing this from 30,000 feet where we are no longer told to power down our devices. At first everyone got a scare as...

Parshas Behar – Your Customer Has A ‘Famous Father’

The pasuk in Parshas Behar says, "When you make a sale to your fellow or make a purchase from the hand of your...

Parshas Emor – Prisms of Light – Reflections From a Shattered Glass

The essential theme behind the counting of the sefirah is, of course, perfecting our character traits. This is alluded to in the famous words...

Parshat Emor: There Is No Greater Sin; There Is No Greater Misvah

On the way back from Synagogue on Shabbat morning I was speaking with two of my cousins about the misconception that it’s OK to...

Parshas Kedoshim – The Kedusha Infomercial

The underlying theme of Sefer Vayikra is a presentation of an ideal life of Kedusha - sanctity. The setting of the Kohain in the...

Parshat Kedoshim – Will The Real Matza Please Stand Up!

Many years ago we visited Eretz Bereshit or Genesis Land for the first time while in Israel. It is situated in the heart of...

Do Houses Have Souls? – Parshat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33)

Efrat, Israel -  “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing, he shall be brought unto the priest”...

Parshat Metzora – Chirp Chirp

In the times of the Bet HaMikdash there was a spiritual affliction Tzara'at (not leprosy). It manifests itself on a person's home, clothing and...

Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59)

Efrat, Israel -  “And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised” (Lev.12:3) This week’s Torah reading is not only...

Parshas Tazria – Turtle Doves Do Not Have “Second Marriages” – Appreciation for Loyalty

The beginning of Parshas Tazria deals with the laws of purity and impurity associated with childbirth. At the end of the 40 day period...

Parshas Shemini – “Religion vs. Spirituality”

It was a brief but powerful lesson, and I learned it from a recovering drug addict. He was telling his story to an audience...

Parshat Shemini – Stepping out of the Box

"And it came to pass on the eighth day" Rabbi Abittan often spoke to us about the significance of numbers. His two favorite to...

Parshat Zachor – Hidden But Clearly Visible

I'm going to tell you a story. It's a story that if you haven't heard yet, will amaze you. It's a story that will...

Parshas Vayikra – Courtesy and Confidentiality

"There is no such thing as privacy anymore." "There are no secrets anymore." These are two complaints that are heard frequently nowadays. We live...

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