In an almost unbelievable application of the verse, “Love your neighbour as yourself”, our Sages…
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VaYakhel: Seven Days a Week
The primacy of Shabbat as the foundation stone of Judaism is self-evident. Shabbat is the …
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Ki Tisa: Striving for 100%
We have all been taught that it is the holiday of Shavuot that commemorates the giving of the…
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A Perfect Game
It is rare indeed to look to professional athletes for moral guidance. We learned long ago that the…
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Mishpatim: It's Not Who You Know
Knowing the right people is, more often than not, the key to success in the modern world. We in…
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Beshalach: War Time
Our long sojourn in Egypt was meant to develop those character traits necessary to transform the…
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Bo: Alarm Clock
“And Pharaoh awoke, he and all his officials and all the rest of Egypt. There was a great cry…
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Vayigash: Below the Surface
“He kissed all his brothers and wept on their shoulders, and afterwards his brothers spoke with him…
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Chanukah: Down Memory Lane
We tend to assume that, with the recital of the shir shel yom, the daily psalm—or Aleinu…
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An 'A' for Effort
One of the key aspects of the world of business is the crucial importance of the bottom line. And…
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Vayishlach: Two is a Crowd
It is for good reason that co-wives are described as tzarot, literally, problems. Competing as they…
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Good Luck, Mr. Mayor
In electing Rob Ford as mayor, voters in the city of Toronto have voted for change. Our mayor-elect…
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VaYera: Late Arrival
Our Sages assert that the Torah pre-dates the creation of the world, in essence serving as the…
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Sukkot: Seeing Double
This week’s d’var Torah is sponsored by Gershon and Leah Vandenbrink with best wishes for a joyous…
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Yom Kippur: Just a Minute
The death of the righteous atones, our Sages teach, and it is for this reason that during Mussaf of…
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Rosh Hashanah: The Right Focus
“On Rosh Hashanah, it is written; and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed, who shall live and who…
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The Morning After
The High Holiday period is one (we hope!) filled with introspection, reflection and a commitment to…
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Time to Forgive?
The government of Italy recently completed their third tax amnesty in the past eight years. The…