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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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Pekudei: Self-Accounting in Judaism
This week’s parsha begins with the pekudim, a full accounting of every shekel and kikar donated towards the Mishkan…
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Ki Tisa: Betzalel’s Inheritance from His Grandmother
I have endowed him with a divine spirit of skill, ability and knowledge in every kind of craft…
