21 May Parshat Behar – Shemita and Mount Sinai

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The Torah in Parashat Behar presents the laws of Shemita – the seventh, “sabbatical” year when farmers were forbidden from working their lands, and were required to allow all people...

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21 May The Meaning of Am Hanivchar; The Source of Anti-Semitism

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The Torah mentions several times that Bnei Yisroel are the am hanivchar. What exactly does that mean? Does it mean that just like parents sometimes favor one child over the...

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21 May I Started Doing This for 3 Minutes a Day and It Has Changed my Life

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When is the last time you sat and did nothing? I don’t mean the type of nothing as in you just played on your phone, read a book or sat...

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21 May We Are What We Do Not Own (Behar-Bechukotai)

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and Vivienne Wohl were one of the most remarkable couples I ever met. They were a study in contrasts. Maurice was quiet, introspective, reflective and reserved. Vivienne was outgoing and...

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21 May Some Sefira Lessons

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As we engage in the seasonal mitzvah of counting the sefira, and observe the national period of mourning for the tragic deaths of the 24,000 disciples of Rabbi Akiva, we...

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21 May Life as a Wedding – The Finitite as a Portal to the Infinite

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This Thursday, May 23rd, known in Hebrew as Lag B’omer, the thirty-third day of the omer, is the anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest sages and spiritual...

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21 May Judaism & Death: 5 Surprising Ideas

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On some level of awareness we all know that our days are numbered. How to cope with that recognition is perhaps the greatest challenge of life. For some, acknowledging mortality is...

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21 May More Often

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If a person has the opportunity to do the mitzvah of Kiddush Levana and the mitzvah of sefiras ha’omer, which mitzvah should he do first? The issue at hand is...

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21 May Torah from Israel: Behar Details, Details, Details!

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Parshat Behar effectively concludes the legal section of Vayikra- the sefer with the highest degree of halachik density. The entire book of Vayikra contains only two stories which interject in...

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21 May Does the Torah Lead to Happiness?

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I. HAPPINESS ISN’T UNIVERSAL Many people feel that their lives are enriched by Judaism. Their rituals and holidays bring joy and meaning while deepening their marriage and family ties. The...

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