26 May The Power of a Hug

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What have you missed the most during this terrible time of quarantine and self-isolation? There is a remarkable story that took place toward the end of World War II. An American...

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26 May Shavuos: A Message for the Entire Team

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All beginning students of Torah face this obstacle: in their original, the primary texts of our Jewish tradition have no punctuation. There are neither commas nor periods in the Torah...

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26 May Turning Into the Sinai of Frequency: Was G-D’s Revelation a Thing of the Past Or Is It A Voice Speaking to Us Today?

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“ Mosquito tone” is a 17 KHz sine wave that teenagers use on their cell phone to alert them when they’ve got a text message so the teachers can’t hear...

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26 May An Open Letter From the Bottom of My Heart

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To my dear, precious, and sacred Shul:  For the last ten weeks I have missed you so. I have longed to be together with our shared friends, united in prayer in...

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26 May Learning From History: Coronavirus (Part 1)

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I don’t usually refer to secular quotes but there is a popular saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” During this global pandemic, one doesn’t...

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26 May The Mountain Over Your Head: Never Confuse Moods With Values

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A DOCTOR’S ADVICE  A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. Following her husband’s checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office to speak with her privately. He said,...

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26 May The “Giving” of the Torah

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In our tefillos we refer to Shavuos as zman mattan Toraseinu. Hashem gave us the Torah as a gift (a mattana). When one gives someone a gift, he no longer...

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26 May Singing Torah

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Twenty five years ago, when my first child was born, I asked Rav Meyer Scheinberg zt”l the following question: If the baby wakes up crying in the middle of the...

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26 May Shabuot- Treating Our Friends As Kings

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Megillat Rut tells the inspiring story of how Rut refused to allow Naomi to return alone to Eretz Yisrael, and insisted on joining her despite her state of impoverishment. After...

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26 May Shehecheyanu on Shavuos

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The Taz in Orach Chaim 494 writes that we delay davening Maariv on Shavuos night so that the counting of the Omer should be complete. The Magen Avraham 494 says...

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