Rabbi’s Blog
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Read moreParshat Achare Mot/Kedoshim – Healthy Self-Esteem
April 23, 2021
Dear Friends, One of the most important and perhaps the most well-known mitzvot is, “ואהבת לרעך כמוך” Love your fellow as yourself. As the great Rabbi Akiva famously stated, “זה […]
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Read moreParshat Tazria Metzora – Flaw-less
April 16, 2021
Dear Friends, Are we better at spotting our flaws, or do our friends and family do a better job? Studies show that when it comes to alcoholism and related disorders, […]
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Read moreParshat Shemini – Fishy Business
April 9, 2021
Dear Friends, This week’s Parsha, the Torah goes through the signs of the kosher animals, the non-kosher birds, and the kosher fish. The two signs of a kosher fish are Snapir […]
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Read morePesach 2021 – A Summary of Halachot for Erev Pesach That Falls on Shabbat
March 19, 2021
Dear Friends, This year with Erev Pesach falling on Shabbat, there are various adjustments to the regular routine and halachic considerations to be aware of. Taanit Bechorot – The fast of the […]
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Read moreParshat Vayakhel Pekudai – “Workism”
March 12, 2021
Dear Friends, In this week’s Parasha, Moshe assembled the nation and conveyed the importance of the mitzvah to observe Shabbat. Why is the fundamental of Shabbat observance expressed primarily through […]
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Read moreParshat Ki Tisa – Reading Between the Lines
March 5, 2021
Dear Friends, In what is probably the most anti-climactic event in Jewish history, the nation that merely forty days earlier had heard the ten commandments from G-d at Sinai turned […]