The Punchline of the Torah #548
09/11/2018 05:45:30 PM
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One day in September, almost thirty four years ago, I received a call from my parents. "We've got some very bad news regarding Bubbie."
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Does God Punish Us? #547
08/31/2018 10:22:04 PM
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About five years ago, I received a call from someone who had heard me speak as a guest at a local church.
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The Remarkable Legacy of Yankel and David #546
08/25/2018 09:14:59 PM
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Once upon a time, in the tiny Jewish village of Tarnoruda, on what was then the border between Poland and Russia, there lived a couple who...Read more...
Our Lips as Gates of Justice #545
08/21/2018 04:38:23 PM
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"You shall place judges and officers at all of your gates" (Deuteronomy 16:18).
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Give to the Homeless, or Not? #544
08/13/2018 05:25:43 PM
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When I was a boy, my grandfather told me a story about two scholars who lost track of time on their way to the study hall.
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The Three Things God Wants of You #543
07/03/2018 12:29:01 AM
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There is a story told within our tradition of an important decision God had to make on the sixth day of creation: "Should I create humanity?"
To that point, God's newly minted universe was perfection. The heavens, the...Read more...
The Need to Train Our Successors #541
06/24/2018 08:36:20 PM
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Sometimes, in Judaism, the simplest answer is the best answer.
This week's Torah reading, Chukat (Ritual Laws) is particularly important because it marks beginning of the end of Israel's dynasty of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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Korach -- The Critic With No Answers #541
06/18/2018 09:45:42 PM
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I would like to introduce you to Korach, the much-maligned central character of this week's Torah portion.
Korach is the spirit within us that resorts to gossip and baseless accusations -- without gathering all the...Read more...
The Imposter Syndrome #540
06/18/2018 09:43:41 PM
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In 1978, a phrase was coined by clinical psychologists Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes which, to varying degrees, speaks to each of us.
They called it the Imposter Syndrome. It identifies within each of...Read more...
Tweets, Texts, & Gossip #539
06/18/2018 09:42:08 PM
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A few weeks ago, while walking from Penn Station to an appointment about five blocks away, I decided to perform a mental experiment.
I began counting the number of people who passed me by, and what percentage of them were...Read more...
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