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Why Smart Leaders Go Blind

Cars have them. Drivers have them. Today, we have all sorts of technology, lights, sensors, and warning beeps to alert us to our blind spots before we crash.   But here’s the thing: human beings have blind spots too. And yes, we can crash because of them.   The difference is that no technology can […]

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Parashat Ki Tetseh

Relationships add meaning, texture, vitality and spirituality to our lives and yet are a deep source of frustration when they go off the tracks. Rabbi Aharon Halevi, from Barcelona, Spain in the 13th century, teaches a Misvah in this weeks reading which can shed some light on relationships in general. In this Misvah, the Torah […]

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Childhood Memories 

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 challot are left?” he asks his son, “why, 2 of course,” says the boy. ” No, […]

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Parashat Re’eh

Self control and delayed gratification are an important theme that we find throughout the Torah. We find it in the Parasha this week when the Torah writes: “When you say, ‘I wish to eat meat,’  because you crave meat, you can eat meat to the full desire of your soul.” Here the Torah continues to […]

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