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Beshalach: Jewish Women and Physical Appearance
Many of us have learned about the miracle of the manna, the Heavenly food which sustained us through our 40 years…
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Bo: The Strengths and Limits of Stubbornness
Parshat Bo features the final three of the ten plagues: locusts, darkness and the killing of the firstborn. What may be almost impossible for us to understand is Pharaohs’s consistent refusal to let the Jews go…
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Vaera: What The Plague of Hail Teaches Us About Relationships
The potential for adversity between husband and wife is not surprising…
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Shemot: What’s In a Name?
Parshat Shemot takes its name from the parsha’s opening, a list naming those who travelled to Egypt with Yaakov Avinu. However, this is not the only time that names play a role in the parsha…
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Vayechi: Knowing the Strengths of Our Children
Yaakov Avinu, the esteemed father of the Shivtei Kah, gives each of his twelve sons final words of blessing and guidance in this week’s parsha. It is powerful to learn through the pesukim and view Yaakov’s vision of the potential of each of his children. Yaakov did not merely bless them as a group, as
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Vayigash: A Tzaddik’s Approach to Expressing Emotions
One of the most poignant scenes in Tanach is described in this week’s parsha. The two sons of the adored Rachel, close brothers separated for 22 years, reunite and cry on each other’s shoulders. On the surface, this is a beautiful expression of long pent-up emotion, the relief to see each other, the pain over
