Speak To, Sing To, Or Smash The Rock – By Marc
Per Ben’s encouragement, I am going to jump into his territory a bit and discuss some elements of the current Parsha.The second time the Jews run out of water, is […]
Per Ben’s encouragement, I am going to jump into his territory a bit and discuss some elements of the current Parsha.The second time the Jews run out of water, is […]
The Torah tells us not to be like Korach. It doesn’t tell us not to be like the wicked prophet Bilam or Yaakov’s conniving uncle Lavan. It doesn’t even tell […]
“…You can spin a dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mister Spock, both Jewish!” The memorable line from the legendary Adam Sandler ballad, The Hanukkah Song reminds us that Judaism has […]
I was so set on putting up Part 2 of my Shabbat post, that I did not post on Tu B’Shevat on Tu B’Shevat… My bad. Even though it was […]
The ninth plague to ravage Egypt was חֽשֶׁךְ. Darkness. Now we tend to think of darkness as the absence of light, the way cold is the absence of heat. But if you […]
“Says Rashi…” “If you look at the Rashi…” “Rashi comments…” If you’ve attended a Torah class or read any articles about the Parsha or Gemara you’ve probably heard someone reference […]
Human beings have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge… an insatiable appetite for answers and knowing and understanding. We just want TO KNOW… and ideally, know for sure. Okay, so maybe […]
With this week’s parsha, we begin reading the final book of the Torah, Devarim (aka Deuteronomy). This book is different from the other books in that it’s virtually one long speech […]
George Lucas has rereleased the original Star Wars trilogy several times over the years. And in 1997 he started to make changes, most infamous of which is known as Greedo Shoots […]