CHANUKAH AND PURIM HIDDEN WITHIN THE OLIVES AND GRAPES
There are two popular holidays in the Jewish calendar that can be celebrated even as we perform our ordinary weekday activities. Even though they have no special Yom Tov…
Read moreTHE LIGHTS OF CHANUKAH – A NEW SPIN
B.S.D. Chanukah, unlike the Yomim Tovim, seemingly requires very little of us; we are not asked to refrain from most of our daily tasks. We achieve this zeman’s…
Read moreKEYING INTO PACHIM KETANIM – PARSHA VAYISHLACH
After Yaakov and his family crossed the Yabok River, Yaakov returned to retrieve pachim ketanim — small flasks. There, the Sar of Esau confronted him; what followed was…
Read moreTHE STRADIVARIUS WITHIN OUR SOULS
What would you answer if someone sincerely asked you: “What is the need of all the myriads of Jewish laws and customs, after all aren’t they just traditional…
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