The importance of informal education is today a given. A solid education requires both formal and…
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Kedoshim: Let's Talk
A number of years ago we had the pleasure of being the Toronto coordinators of the Torah Ethics…
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Yom Ha'atzmaut 67
When speaking at a wedding, brit, bar or bat mitzvah and the like, one generally looks to the…
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Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
“Va-yidom Aharon” - “And Aharon was silent” (Vayikra 10:3). …
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Ketubot 67: From Riches to Rags
Psychologists estimate that the pain of losing money is twice as great as the joy of making money…
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Ketubot 66: Marrying for Money
While it may sound unromantic, marriage partners are chosen, more often than we might like to admit…
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Ketubot 62: Time Together
Finding the proper balance between work and family is a challenge that man has been dealing with…
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Pesach: Looking Forward
There is something most beautiful about a holiday that celebrates our past being focused on future…
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Pesach: Pass the Karpas
"Therefore, in every generation, one must see themselves as if they have left Egypt”. All too…
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Ketubot 50: Practice Practice Practice
One of the most difficult, yet vital, tasks as we learn, is allotting enough time and effort for…
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Tzav: Please Take Out the Garbage
One of the ideological revolutions of the Zionist movement was the notion of the inherent value of…
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Ketubot 49: Family Support
The increasing age for marriage coupled with the high cost of housing has led to a…
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Ketubot 47: The New Family
Our conception of the family unit has undergone revolutionary changes in the last few years.
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Vayikra-HaChodesh: Welcome Home
This week the focus of the Torah reading shifts from the construction of the Mishkan to the …
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Ketubot 33: Worse than Death!
"One should be as careful with a light mitzvah as with a heavy mitzvah" (Pirkei Avot 2:1…
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Ketubot 30: In the Hands of Heaven
Malcolm Gladwell, in his bestselling book Outliers, demonstrates how so much of our…
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Ketubot 28: Kids Talk
In our last post we discussed the fickleness of memory and how and when one may…