Rabbi’s Blog
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Parshat Nitzavim – Erev Rosh Hashana – Un’bee’lievable
September 3, 2021
Dear Friends, The widespread custom on both nights of Rosh Hashanah is to eat various kinds of foods as a symbolic good omen for the new year. Of all the […]
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Parshat Ki Tavo – Monkey Business
August 27, 2021
Dear Friends, COVID-19 has caused all sorts of shortages and surpluses in various industries, some of which make for fascinating stories. One such shortage was lab monkeys. There are certain […]
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Parshat Ki Tetze – Can You Spot It?
August 20, 2021
Dear Friends, In an interesting article, Alan Castel, Ph.D. professor of psychology at the University of California, writes that despite having an amazingly complex brain, we spend much of our […]
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Parshat Shoftim – Blind Gratitude
August 13, 2021
Dear Friends, In this week’s Parsha, the Torah admonishes the judge not to show favouritism, not to corrupt justice, and not to take bribes “for bribes will blind the eyes […]
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Parshat Eikev – The Spaghetti Challenge
July 30, 2021
Dear Friends, Around twenty years ago, Peter Skillman conducted a test referred to as “the Spaghetti Problem.” He brought together various groups worldwide, from Taiwanese telecom engineers to American MBA […]
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Parshat Vaetchanan / Shabbat Nachamu – Health First!
July 23, 2021
Dear Friends, Health is always a relevant topic, but it has been the overarching topic on the minds of practically all of humanity due to the pandemic. Besides the survival […]