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Best Place to Live
Appreciate how Thomas Jefferson’s efforts to author Virginia’s Statute of Religious Freedom granting religious liberty to all Virginians enabled Jews to begin moving to the state. In this…
Flexible Invention
This summer you will probably enjoy a plethora of cold, refreshing drinks and a good number of them will possibly be sipped through a straw while sitting by a pool (Hey, we are allowed to…
Get Ready for Shabbat
Employ z'reezut, deliberate speed today so you will be able to saunter and really enjoy a relaxing and uplifting Shabbat, beginning this evening. Learn more about z’reezut as it relates…
Spiritual Matters
Appreciate the goodness in your life and focus more on spiritual, rather than material growth. Treat yourself to a real spiritual lift by joining thousands of Jews around the world this…
Who Was Rabbi Akiva?
Akiva ben Yosef was once an ignorant and illiterate shepherd. So poor and downtrodden a figure was Akiva that his extremely wealthy father-in-law disinherited his own daughter, Rachel,…
It’s Never too Late
Whether you’re age forty, fifty or beyond, learn from Rabbi Akiva how great is each person’s potential, and that it is never too late to start studying the Torah and connecting more…
Shelach 5781-2021
“What’s in a Name?” (updated and revised from Shelach 5762-2002) by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s Torah portion, parashat Shelach, the Torah recounts the fateful saga of the…
Lighting The Way To Peace
The very last act performed before bringing Shabbat into the home is the lighting of the Shabbat candles. While this mitzvah is considered one of the three primary mitzvot of a Jewish…
Peaceful Time
Light Shabbat candles and allow their peaceful glow to permeate your home. Learn more about bringing peace into the world by contemplating the statement "...the more charity, the more…