Navigating The Circuitous Road
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Shemini Leviticus 9:1–11:47 Pesach(Passover ) has its own unique quality of Simcha ( joy)...
The Secret Art of Silence
Sirens will be sounded during the commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The painful wail of the sirens will be heard in every city,...
Shemini: Experiencing G-d’s Glory
'After Hashem your G-d shall you walk, and Him shall you fear, and His commandments shall you keep, and unto His voice shall you hearken,...
The Ashes
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Enter into any torah centered Jewish home in this period prior to...
Tzav: Elevating the Ashes
Mankind has struggled forever around the question of spirituality and physicality. Are the two compatible or are they mutually exclusive?...
Chametz and Idolatry
Should mortals, like yeast bacteria do to dough, tamper with the world? In the Torah portion of Tzav we read the following; “And Aaron...
The Salt
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26 The book of Vayikra (Leviticus) focuses on two major issues. The...
Vayikra: Making Room for the 'Aleph'
True Leadership We ended the book of Exodus with the following words; “And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Hashem...
Doing is Growing
Life Lessons from the Torah Portion Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei Exodus 35:1-38:20--38:21-40:38 Starting again after failure is a very...
Six Days Work shall be Done
Parshat VayakhelExodus 35:1-38:20-- The people of Israel are told the following in the Parsha of vayakhel: Six days work shall be done,...