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Walk the Walk
A father and son were heading home one Friday afternoon after purchasing 3 loaves of challah for Shabbat. On their way, a poor man stops them, asking for a challah, and the father happily hands him one. ” How many challahs are left?” he asks his son, ” why, 2 of course,” says the boy. […]
Parashat Re’eh
Moshe, in his final days, beseeches the nation, “See I set before you today a blessing and a reproof” This opening sentence of our Parashah can also be read,”See the ‘I’ or ego, is a blessing or a curse” There is an important difference between self-esteem, which is a highly desirable trait, and vanity, which […]
Holistic Medicine
A newlywed couple head out on their first shopping trip for home furnishings. As they mill around the furniture department, a loud green couch catches their attention. They glance at each other and then back at the piece, each sensing that the other wants it, and so, with little discussion, they make the purchase. Alas, […]
Parashat Va’et’hanan
Over the last three millennia, the Ten Commandments have been embraced by civilized society as the bedrock of a just and functioning society. We read this week about Moshe’s retelling of revelation, the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, that occurred forty years prior. Although the entire Decalogue is clear and concise, our sages […]
