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Parashat Emor
In this weeks Torah portion we are given the Mitzva of counting the Omer for the 49 days leading up to Shavuot. When we think of the wondrous miracles of the Exodus, we may overlook the greatest achievement of all. The people that had been enslaved and brutally oppressed for so many decades, were, within […]
Have you ever gone to a wedding in your pajamas?
Have you ever gone to a wedding in your pajamas? Why not? Isn’t a wedding all about the dancing and the spirit? I’m sure you could dance just as well in pajamas. So what’s the difference? Because clothes matter. The feelings we have are not only expressed through what we wear; our clothing can actually […]
Parashat Tazria-Tahor
“We don’t see things the way they are, we see them the way WE are.” This week, the Torah describes the types of defilement that a person can be afflicted by that emanate from the person himself. They are described as skin lesions which affect the body and hair. Although it is manifested […]
Pass Over
The celebrated Israeli military leader and politician, Moshe Dayan, was once stopped by a police officer for a speeding violation. “You – Dayan?” – asked the officer in surprise when he saw whom he had stopped – “come on, I expected more from you?” Responded Dayan, “Look, I have only one eye. Do you want […]
