How do you start your day? What is your morning ritual? For some it’s brushing your teeth and the morning shower right away, for others it’s the first morning cup of coffee, and for many, it’s morning prayers.
This week’s Parsha, Tzav, begins with the first holy morning ritual in …
As we begin the book of Vayikra/ Leviticus, we read of a myriad of sacrificial offerings that were employed by the Israelite priests in the Tabernacle and later in the temples in Jerusalem. There were several types of animals and several types of sacrifices, but there is a constant throughou…
Whether as a therapeutic tool or used when playing a fun family game, we all utilize associations. I say cat, you say dog; I say sun, you say moon. It’s the way our minds work. The Torah also advances associations. One that is front and center in Parshat Vayakhel is the association between…
The English Poet Alexander Pope’s phrase, To err is human, to forgive is divine, can readily be applied to the great sin that occurs in Parshat Ki Tisa, the Sin of the Golden Calf. Yet, inkwells have been spilled trying to explain exactly what the sin was and how it came about. These were …
Some people pride themselves on being blessed with a good memory - a total recall, a photographic memory, or great recollection of details. The Torah also stresses memory and remembering. In fact, there are Six Remembrances in the Torah that Jews are meant to recite and remember daily:
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