How much is a small gesture worth? Consider the following: Children are on the school bus on the way home from a grueling day at school. The bus driver barks […]
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Do you ever feel like the world is moving at a frenetic pace and you can’t seem to catch up? That even though we have more “stuff” than ever before,
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Life is full of bittersweet moments. A daughter‘s marriage brings nostalgic memories of your little girl, now all grown up and ready to start a life of her own. Having
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TIME. It’s our most precious commodity. It’s more valuable than stocks and bonds; more precious than gold and silver. We wish we had more of it, yet frequently waste it
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Over the years, I have had the great merit of visiting the Holy Land many times, experiencing its unique spiritual and physical beauty. But one trip stands out in
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There is something special about the stars. Lightyears away, we gaze at them in wonder, and they captivate our imagination. In our colloquial speech, as well, a star denotes something
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In the course of the next few weeks’ Torah portions we learn much about the life and times of our amazing patriarch, Avraham. An iconoclastic yet humble man, loved by
Parshas Lech Lecha – Great Vision, Minor Details Read More »
Noah was a very great man. Righteous and complete, he was head and shoulders above the rest of his generation. He also was an epic failure. As the Medrash notes, at the
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For the past thousands of years, at every traditional Jewish wedding, as the bride and groom stand under the Chupah, blissfully in love and staring adoringly at one another, the
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Lep’er n. One suffering from leprosy; outcast. (Webster’s Dictionary) Webster has it right. Indeed, as our Torah portion tells us (Numbers 4:2), a leper is both one who is suffering from leprosy and
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