MISHPATIM: Human Law vs Divine Law

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ואלה המשפטים אשר תשים לפניהם    כי תקנה עבד עברי   This week’s Parasha contains many Mitsvot, almost all of them belonging to the category of “Mishpatim”, Civil...

MISHPATIM: The Rights Of A Jewish Wife

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The Ketuba, which is the Jewish marriage document, outlines the husband's obligations to his wife. During the wedding ceremony, the groom declares that he...

TU BISHBAT, understanding why you need a new year for trees

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Tu Bishbat is the "new year of the trees." This "new year or cycle" is an halakhic concept relevant to some commandments of the...

My Most Favorite Ashkenazi Tradition 

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TAX SEASON Tu Bishbat is not a religious holiday and is not mentioned in the Tora. The rabbis chose this date 2,000 years ago for...

YITRO: Serving God or Using God?

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DUTIES OF THE BRAIN This Shabbat we will read the Parasha Yitro, which contains the Ten Commandments, a subject of inexhaustible depth. One example. The First...

“Maimonides and the Hostages Deal”, Miami FL, Jan 23, 2025

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Challa, Manna and Parnasa

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After leaving Egypt and entering the desert, the Israelites began to suffer from a shortage of food and water. At that moment, one of...

BESHALLACH: The Bones of Yosef, the Danube River and the Shoah

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Founded in 1989 in Israel, ZAKA was originally formed to respond to terror attacks and deal with the retrieval, identification and burial of the deceased. (Written...

BESHALLACH: Miriam, and the audacity of hope

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ותקח מרים הנביאה את התוף בידה Miriam, Moshe’s (Moses) sister, was probably the most optimistic person in the history of Am Israel. I believe that...

SUMMARY OF BESHALLACH

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PHARAOH'S REGRETAfter Pharaoh expels the Jewish slaves from his land, God does not lead them along a direct route to the Promised Land, because...