We tend to view Adam as a failure at life, unable to obey his only command from G-d. Noach was…
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Eiruvin 65: Time to Laugh
“Rabbi Elai said: A person is recognized through three ways: b’koso, b’kiso…
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Eiruvin 65: Davening Less, Learning More
Two of the most fundamental mitzvot are those of prayer and Talmud Torah. Observant Jews pray three…
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Breisheet: Guardians of the Garden
"G-d took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it, l'ovdah, and…
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Shmini Atzeret: A Dual Holiday
The Jewish holidays have two distinct themes. The shalosh regalim, three pilgrim festivals of…
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Sukkot: Leading by Example
For many years, students were introduced to the study of Talmud with Eilu Metziot, the second…
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Eiruvin 53: Curriculum Planning
“One cannot compare one who learns the chapter 100 times to one who learns it 101 times…
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Sukkot: A Very Open Sukkah
For seven days a year, one is to “make his home temporary and his Sukkah permanent”.…
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The Sukkah of Yom Kippur
As important (if not more so) as what one says is how it is said, when it is said, and what is not…
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Yom Kippur: Long Term Planning
“We work and get reward and they work and do not get reward?” This statement, said when…
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Haazinu: The Joy of Sinning
Sinning is meant to be enjoyable. If not, there would be no point to it. How ironic, then, when a…
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Aseret Yemi Teshuva: The Freedom to Choose
“In a place where ba’alei teshuva stand there, not even the fully righteous can stand…
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Rosh Hashanah: Time for Change
Man has a tremendous capacity for self-deception. We easily see faults in others; somehow, we miss…
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Some Thoughts on This Year's Yamim Noraim
The Yamim Noraim of the year 70 must have been quite traumatic. The Temple had been destroyed less…
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Vayelech: Naming Rights
We tend to think that the names of the weekly parshiot have little intrinsic meaning; they are just…
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Eiruvin 30: Eating Together
One of the hardest hit industries of the pandemic has been the restaurant industry. Many…
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Ki Tavo: Language Barriers
Those of us living in Canada are especially sensitive to the importance of language to the fabric…
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Ki Teitzei: Let's Make a Deal
"All of man's earnings are decreed on Rosh Hashanah, except for expenses regarding…