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The Torah (Five Books of Moses) contains life lessons for everyone at all times. These articles provide timeless solutions to modern challenges.
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Jul 12, 20234 min read
How To Teach Your Child Integrity
How to teach your children the importance of keeping their word and the significance of speech.
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Jul 4, 20233 min read
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Recently, I found myself with two children who, one right after the other, made identical comments that were not appropriate for that...
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Jul 4, 20233 min read
Shhh! It's Private
Numbers 24 contains the blessings that the prophet Bilam said to the Jewish nation when he was hired by King Balak for the opposite...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
The Lads Grew. Uh Oh.
Let’s look at a parenting lesson from Yitzchak (Isaac) and Rivka (Rebecca) through the eyes of Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch, a leading...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
My Children, My Brothers?
The Torah stresses respect from children for parents, so a verse in Genesis should raise eyebrows. Let’s take a look at Jacob’s...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Youthful Impatience
Genesis 37:2 introduces us to Joseph at 17 years old, described in Hebrew as a “na’ar,” a lad. The transmitter of Biblical wisdom known...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
One Day At a Time
Deuteronomy 18:13 says, “You should be tamim with Hashem your God.” Tamim is a difficult Hebrew word to understand. It is alternatively...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
The Journey and The Destination
The last section of the book of Numbers is known in Hebrew as Masei – journeys. It recounts the 42 journeys that the children of Israel...
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Jun 27, 20233 min read
Shalom! How Do You Pursue Peace?
Numbers 6:22-27 includes the timeless instruction from God to the Priests to bless the Jewish people. The blessing begins with the word...
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
What's Positive About Pigs
Chapter 14 of the book of Deuteronomy lists two signs that kosher mammals must possess: they must have cloven hooves and chew their cuds....
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Jun 27, 20232 min read
Come to Me or Go from Me?
The third section of the book of Exodus, starting with Exodus 9 begins with God telling Moses, “Come to Pharaoh.” The obvious question...
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Jun 20, 20234 min read
When Things Fall Apart
After 210 years of enslavement, the Jewish people are finally about to be redeemed. God gives Moses his mission to tell Pharaoh, “Let my...
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Jun 20, 20232 min read
Targeted Actions
“Come to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants so that I can put my signs in his midst, and so that you...
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