Tu b’Ab – A DAY FILLED WITH – TOV – GOOD
The 15th day of the month of Av (Tu b’Ab) is one of those special days on our Jewish calendar that…
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Tisha B’Av is one of those rare days in the Jewish calendar that seamlessly interfaces with the ordinary weekday. On Tishah B’Av…
Read moreHOW CAN STRINGS ON A GARMENT BE SO IMPORTANT TO THE JOURNEY OF OUR SOULS
HOW IS THE MITZVAH OF TITZES THE GREATEST OF ALL THE MITZVOS? What is the significance and possible connection that the section of titzes is placed at the end of…
Read moreWALNUTS & THEIR (KLIPOS) SHELL TEACHES US A PROFOUND LESSON
If you give a young child a walnut, what will he do with it? First he will assume it is eatable and try to bite into it. After a…
Read morePURIM : SEEING BEYOND THE MASK
On your way to (Pesach) Passover, don’t pass over Purim. Ah Purim, how we all appreciate you even though you tantalize us, mystify us and laugh with us as we…
Read moreTu BiSHEVAT : A TIME OF RENEWAL
Rabbi Yehoshua Binyamin & Mrs. Falk Tu BiShevat: A Time of Renewal The Glorious Proliferation of Trees From the metaphysical to the metaphorical, from the mechanical to the medicinal, trees…
Read moreCHANUKAH AND PURIM HIDDEN WITHIN 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 or…
Read moreTHE LIGHTS OF CHANUKAH – A NEW SPIN
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 spiritual goal…
Read moreA LINGUISTIC JOURNEY ON NOACH’S ARK
Have you ever stopped to think about just how much in our lives depends upon (teivos) words? Although in theory, we could manage the basic tasks of survival…
Read moreTHE SUKKAH PROTECTS AND SANCTIFIES
When thousands of katyusha rockets were falling in Eretz Yisrael, there were many I’m sure who wished there was some way to put a “protective roof” over the entire…
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