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26 Tammuz What is the Source of Living Water? In this week’s Haftarah portion, we read: “My people have committed two sins: They have abandoned me, the Source of Living Water, and they have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13) I learned this lesson firsthand when I was about […]
19 Tammuz Recorded Message Shabbat Discussion: Are we for or are we against the Bore […]
12 Tammuz Not all that Glitters is Gold As I read this week’s double portion Chukkat – Balak, as our Ranebi* advised us to do, I stepped back to see this mosaic from a different perspective and realized how the illusion of truth can distort our vision and create false “truths”. The Emmy-winning writer David […]
5 Tammuz Who do we follow, man or God? The story of Korach, the cousin of Moshe Rabeinu, shows us the conflicts that can arise in our families when we don’t communicate well or clarify our issues, but instead, we attack one another. Concerning Korach’s behaviour, our sages go from completely disagreeing with what he […]
28 Sivan Decisions, decisions, decisions…! Everything begins and ends with a decision. Every day we make thousands of them. Will they result in something good or something bad; will they lead to life or to death? God asks us to choose life! That means …we have the ability to choose! In Parashat Shelach, the Israelites […]
21 Sivan “You will light my candle; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.” Psalms 18:29 In this week’s portion, Beha’alotecha בהעלתך, the Eternal commands Moshe to tell his brother Aaron to light the candles so that the menorah would light up the Mishkan. This is how our portion begins. It would be a mistake […]
22 Iyar Holiness is Giving “Do not give what is sacred to the dogs, lest they turn against you and tear you to pieces; do not throw your pearls to swine, lest they trample them underfoot.” (Mattityahu 7:6). “Then the Lord said to Cain: Where is your brother Abel? And he replied: I don’t […]
8 Iya Deciding to Live What is life? What is death? Consciousness? Unconsciousness? These questions remind me of the words of a song performed by Kansas, an alternative rock band when I was young; it says, “all we are is dust in the wind”. I believe this idea falls short because it refers to the […]
The Power of the Tongue 1 Iyar “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and hers; it shall bruise your head and you’ll bruise his heel”. Bereshit 3:15 Parashat Tazria Metzora develops a theme which, from the beginning of creation has been a […]
24 Nisan Parashat Shemini begins “and it came to pass on the eighth day” but what had happened during the prior seven days? For that we have to go back to the end of the last parashah, Tzav where Aaron and his four sons were told not to leave the Tent for seven days and […]
