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• -"Rosh Chodesh Av – Remembering the Passing of a Beloved Leader"
• -'An Eye for an Eye' in Jewish Law
• -'Fressing' While Rome Burns
• -'Naked' Means More than Naked
• -'Shalom Bayit'- Little White Lies
• -Aaron's Response to Tragedy–a Lesson for Yom Hashoah
• -Aaron-What Did This People Do To You?
• -Aaron Stops the Plague
• -Abba's Final Shavuot
• -A Blessing on Your Head
• -Abraham: Father of the Jewish Nation
• -Abraham’s Eulogy for His Beloved Sarah
• -Abram's Dispute with Lot
• -Abram Prays for Others
• -Accepting the Inscrutable
• -Achieving Immortality
• -Achieving Peace and Security for the Jewish People
• -Achieving Spiritual Ascendance Through Sacrifice
• -Achieving The Good Life by Picking The Right Mate
• -A Contemporary Interpretation of an Ancient Reproof
• -A Controversy with an Ignoble Purpose
• -Actions and their Implication
• -Actions and their Implications
• -Adding or Subtracting
• -A Dysfunctional Family becomes Functional
• -A Flame in Every Jewish Heart
• -Agonizing Over Collective Punishment
• -A Hopeful Message for Jewish Future
• -A Jew Rises to Power
• -A Lesson from Jacob and Esau: Understanding and Accepting Differences
• -A Lesson from the N’seeim--the Tribal Leaders
• -All For The Sake of Heaven
• -Amalek Purim and the Mitzvah of Getting Drunk
• -A Match Made in Haran
• -Ambassadors Needed
• -A Message for the High Holy Days: 'Export Export!
• -Analysis of the ‘Shira’ the Song of Moses Crossing the Sea
• -A Name Change Becomes a Game Changer
• -A Nation that Dwells Alone
• -Ancient Customs in a New Light
• -And Behold the Staff of Aaron had Blossomed
• -And from Mattanah to Nahaliel
• -And G-d Built Them Houses
• -And He Fell On His Neck and Wept
• -And He Shall be Brought to the Priest
• -And Jacob Sent Judah Ahead
• -And Judah Approached
• -And Moses Went...
• -And the People Bowed their Heads and Prostrated Themselves
• -And you think that Tzara'at is Weird?
• -An Encounter with Jethro and the Non-Jewish World
• -An Exclusive Covenant with an Inclusive Philosophy
• -An Extreme Lifestyle
• -An Opportunity for Those Who Seek to Repent
• -A Personality Profile of Joseph
• -Apparently--Not All Converts are Created Equal
• -Appreciating One's Own Inner Worth
• -Appreciating our own Inner Worth
• -Appreciating Shavuot
• -A Propitious Time for Repentance
• -Are Marriages Made in Heaven?
• -A Revolutionary Definition of Parenthood
• -A Scriptural Assessment of Lot
• -A Small Verse that Started a Mighty Revolution
• -A State is not Delivered on a Silver Platter
• -Astrology Witchcraft and Spiritualism in Judaism
• -A Sukkah Memory
• -A Sukkot Story: Devotion to a Festival
• -A Tale of Two Mountains
• -A Tiny Letter Conveys a Profound Lesson
• -A Tribute to Miriam
• -A Tribute to Miriam--Our Sister
• -A Truly Moral Man Goes Out To His Brethren
• -At the Passover Seder We Are All Children
• -A Turning Point for Humankind
• -A United People Build the Tabernacle
• -Authentic Religious Ecstasy
• -A Very Imposing Camp
• -Avoiding the Philistines
• -A Wandering Aramean?
• -Balaam Sees the Kenites
• -Balaam the Sorcerer Becomes a Prophet
• -Balaam’s Second Vision: Lo a People that Rises Like a Lion
• -Balancing Heart and Mind
• -Battling Contemporary Abominations
• -Battling the Contemporary Abominations
• -Beards and Payos
• -Becoming Accustomed to the Burdens
• -Beginning at the Beginning–-Again
• -Behold I am sending you Elijah the Prophet
• -Behold the Beauty of the Land
• -Being Judged by a Different Yardstick
• -Being Moral in an Increasingly Immoral Environment
• -Being Transported by Torah
• -Ben Sorer U'Moreh--The Rebellious Son
• -Bernie Sanders Meets Parashat Behar
• -Beware Not to Return My Son There!
• -Beyond the Book of Ruth: The Untold Story
• -Bezalel's Artistic Legacy
• -Bezalel--Master Craftsman & Master Teacher
• -Bezalel: the Artist who Broke the Mold
• -Bilaam--Prophet to the Nations
• -Blessing G-d for the Good and the Bad
• -Blessing the Children
• -Blessing the Children--Revisited
• -Blood–the Essence of Life
• -Bread Alone
• -Bringing G-d Home
• -Bringing Heaven Down To Earth
• -Bringing Order to the Camp of Israel
• -Building a 'New' Sanctuary
• -Building an Everlasting Sanctuary
• -By What Right Does Moses Kill The Egyptian?
• -Can a Perfect G-d Sin?
• -Can Death Be Sweet?
• -Can Human Beings Achieve Immortality?
• -Can It Be a Mitzvah to Lie?
• -Can the Promise of G-d Keep the People Holy?
• -Can the Torah Forbid Feelings that are Part of Normal Human Emotions?
• -Can We Question G-d and Get Away With It?
• -Capital Punishment: Revenge or Restitution?
• -Caring for the Weak and the Vulnerable
• -Caring for Workers and Domestic Animals
• -Carrying the Ark
• -Celebrating the Month of Nisan
• -Celebrating the Month of Nissan
• -Celebrating Torah
• -Challah–-All Possessions Are From the L-rd
• -Challenging the Stereotypes: Purity and Impurity in Childbirth
• -Chametz..Matzah and Faith in Redemption
• -Changing and Updating Jewish Law
• -Chanukah--The Struggle of Joseph and Judah
• -Charity! The Investment That Keeps Giving
• -Charity! The Investment with the Greatest Return
• -Charity-the Only True Possession
• -Cheshbon Hanefesh – Introspection
• -Childbirth and Ritual Impurity
• -Chometz Matzah and Faith in Redemption
• -Choosing Life
• -Choosing The Right Neighbors
• -Circumcision and Shabbat
• -Clothes: A Reflection of the Divine Image
• -Clothes Make the Person
• -Coming to Jerusalem–-The Festival Pilgrimages
• -Commitment to Judaism: A lesson from Moshe
• -Communicating a Vital Message Clearly
• -Concern for the Property of Others
• -Confronting Adversity: Lessons from Father Isaac
• -Contemporary Idolatry
• -Contemporary Implication of an Ancient Ritual
• -Contemporary Implications of an Ancient Ritual
• -Contemporary Implications of Ancient Rebellions
• -Continuity Through Family Structure
• -Controversy verses Conflict
• -Controversy Versus Conflict
• -Counting a Very Special People
• -Counting on the People of Israel
• -Counting the Jews Again!
• -Counting the Omer
• -Counting the ‘Special’ People
• -Creed or Deed
• -Datan and Abiram: The Protagonists
• -Death and Life are In the 'Hands' of the Tongue!
• -Death and the Kohanim--the Children of Aaron
• -Deceit-- More Deceit and Teraphim
• -Deceptions at the Behest of G-d
• -Deferred Punishment for the Sale of Joseph
• -Defining True Generosity
• -Details Details and More Details
• -Developing Commitment to Judaism: A Lesson from an Egyptian Prince
• -Difficult Transitions
• -Digging Wells
• -Disclosing Personal Information For Shidduch Purposes
• -Dissing G-d
• -Distractions Distractions!
• -Do Clothes Make The Man?
• -Does Moses Contradict G-d?
• -Does the Torah Allow Its Citizens to Take the Law Into Their Own Hands?
• -Does the Torah ever distort the truth?
• -Do Leaders Corrupt or are They Corrupted?
• -Do Not Add...and Do Not Detract
• -Do Not Follow After the Desires of Your Heart and Eyes
• -Do Not Pollute the Land...Do Not Defile the Land
• -Do Sacrifices Have Any Relevance for Us Today?
• -Drawing Close to G-d
• -Dressing Properly for Special Occasions
• -Earning a Meaningful Living
• -Eating Bread Without Poverty
• -Egypt: Off Limits to Jews
• -Eichah--The Annual Search for Meaning and Introspection
• -Eldad and Medad
• -Eleven Lessons from Noah’s Ark
• -Enmity
• -Esau's Loud and Bitter Cry
• -Esau and Jacob Embrace and Kiss: Sincere or Insincere?
• -Establishing a Truly Ethical Society: Honesty in Business
• -Establishing the Rightful Owners of the Land
• -Eternal Lessons from Ancient Sacrifices
• -Even a Hardened Heart has a Silver Lining
• -Farewell to a Great Leader
• -Fear and Reverence of G-d
• -Feast or Famine--What Judaism Says About Food
• -Feast or Famine - What Judaism Has to Say About Food
• -Feeding the Animals–Beasts and Humans
• -Feeling the Pain of Others who are in Need
• -Finding Favor in the Eyes of the Egyptians
• -Finding Meaning in the Lost Verses
• -Finding Meaning in the Rituals
• -Finding Respite
• -Finding the Greatness of G-d in His Humility
• -Finding the Silver Lining
• -Finding Value in Every Task
• -Finding Variety in the Seemingly Identical
• -Forgiveness Before Sin
• -Form Over Content or Content Over Form?
• -From Ish Tam to Business Mogul: The Transformation of Jacob
• -From Seemingly Obscure Laws the Torah Teaches the Ultimate Value of the Sanctity of Human Life
• -From Whence Shall Come My Salvation?
• -G-d's Gift of a Second Chance
• -G-d's Gift to His People on Yom Kippur
• -G-d's Love Letters
• -G-d: The Source of Sweetness
• -G-d Hardens Pharaoh's Heart: Reconciling Omniscience and Free Will
• -G-d Hardens Pharaoh's Heart: Reconciling Omniscience with Free Will
• -G-d Has Pity on the Property of Israel
• -G-d Recognizes His People's Sufferings
• -G-d Shall Do Battle for You and You Shall Remain Silent
• -G-d’s Struggle to Repent
• -Getting the Jews Out of Egypt-–Two Views
• -Gid Ha’nasheh: The Sinew of the Thigh
• -Givers and Takers
• -Giving Charity Kindly and Generously
• -Giving Our Disciples A Firm Grounding
• -Giving Proper Reproof
• -Go for Yourself
• -Good Families Bad Children - Bad Families Good Children
• -Good Intentions Gone Awry
• -Good Neighbors and Bad Neighbors
• -Greater than Welcoming the Divine Presence
• -Had I Only Known!
• -Hakarat HaTov: Expressing Appreciation
• -Half for You and Half for G-d
• -Hastening the Messiah
• -Heaven-Sent Spices
• -Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves
• -Heavenly Reminders
• -Heaven Made Me Do It!
• -Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
• -History Repeats Itself! Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
• -Hitting Bottom
• -Honesty and Integrity in Public Life
• -Honey and Milk Under Your Tongue
• -Hospitality at Its Finest
• -How Dare You Accuse Me!
• -How does G-d Judge?
• -How Far Must We Go to Avoid Evil?
• -How Goodly Are Your Tents O' Jacob
• -How Impactful was the Plague of Locusts?
• -How Important is Timing?
• -How Much is Enough?
• -How to Achieve Immortality the G-dly Way
• -How to Market G-d!
• -Hubris Revisited
• -I'm Dreaming of a Warm Sukkot
• -Identifying a True Prophet
• -Identifying the Essentials of Life
• -Identifying the True Prophet
• -Idolatrous Trees and Unqualified Judges
• -If Your Brother Becomes Impoverished
• -I Have Been Waiting For Them
• -Impoverishment: In those Days in these Times
• -In Every Generation
• -Infallibility in Judaism
• -Influencing the Will of G-d
• -In Haran--A Kiss is Still a Kiss
• -Injuring a Fellow Human Being
• -In Praise of Humility
• -Insights for the Contemporary Soul from Ancient 'Primitive' Rituals
• -Insights to be Gleaned from the Metzorah & the Person Stricken with the Tzaraat Disease
• -Inspiring the Next Generation
• -Interfacing with the Non-Jewish World
• -Interpreting the Dreams of Others
• -In the Blink of an Eye
• -In the Merit of Miriam
• -In Those Days In These Times
• -Invoking Heaven and Earth
• -Isaac-- the Man of Commitment
• -Isaac Blesses His Sons
• -Isaac’s Unconditional Love for Esau
• -Isaiah's Message to Contemporary Jews
• -Is My Father Still Alive?
• -Israel’s Charge to Impact on the World
• -Is There Truth to the Notion of Spiritual Accountability?
• -Is This What the Torah Predicted?
• -Is This What You Call Borrowing?
• -It's Payback Time!
• -It is a Decree Before Me--You Have No Right to Question It!
• -Jacob Blesses His Grandchildren
• -Jacob Lines Up His Family for the Encounter With Esau
• -Jacob Maintains a Bitter Grudge Against Simeon and Levi
• -Jacob Remembers Rachel-
• -Jacob Separates from Laban
• -Jacob Tarries in Succot
• -Jacob’s Challenging Life
• -Jacob’s Enhanced Joy from Joseph His Righteous Son
• -Jealousy Lust and Thirst for Honor
• -Jeremiah's Prophecy: An Ancient Message for Contemporary Times
• -Jethro's Advice to an Overburdened Leader
• -Jethro’s Blessing
• -Jewish Continuity through Family Structure
• -Jewish Justice & Jewish Leadership
• -Jewish Normal Is Not Very Normal
• -Jewish Unity and the Festival of Sukkot
• -Jewish Women and Conjugal Rights
• -Jewish Women and Jewish Destiny
• -Jews Sanctify Time Not Space
• -Joseph's Bold Advice to Pharaoh--Revisited
• -Joseph's Intense Economic Policies
• -Joseph and Judah: A Confrontation for Posterity
• -Joseph Calms His Brothers
• -Joseph Helps His Brothers Repent
• -Joseph in Prison: The Commentators Fill in the Details
• -Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers: The Triumph of Jewish Identity
• -Joseph Takes His Brother Simeon Hostage
• -Joseph’s Bold Advice to Pharaoh
• -Joshua the Worthy Successor
• -Judah--The Paradigm For Jewish Future
• -Judah Emerges as the Leader of Israel
• -Judaism's Upbeat View of the Past
• -Judaism and the Principle of the Sanctity of Human Life
• -Judaism and Warfare
• -Judaism Sanctifies Time
• -Judaism’s Radical Notion of Holiness
• -Judaism’s Take on ‘Majority Rules’
• -Judaism’s Unique View of Justice and the Judicial System
• -Judging Others Favorably
• -Judging Others Favorably and its Impact on Our Own Judgment
• -Judging Our People Favorably
• -Judiasm's Unique Views on Justice and the Justice System
• -Justice! Justice!
• -Justice--the Source of Security of the Land of Israel
• -Justice Justice Shall You Pursue
• -Karayt--The Dreaded Heavenly Punishment
• -Kashrut and Copepods
• -Keeping the Priests Humble
• -Korach's Rebellion: Why is the Jewish Community Losing So Many of its Best and its Brightest?
• -Korach’s Rebellion: Why is the Jewish Community Losing So Many of its Best and Brightest?
• -Leadership and its Moral Responsibilities
• -Leadership and its Perils
• -Leah: the Fourth Matriarch
• -Learning by Example
• -Learning by Teaching
• -Learning to Revere G-d
• -Lessons from a Priest’s Wanton Daughter
• -Lessons from the Ceremony of the Consecration of the כֹּהֲנִים — the Priests
• -Lessons from the Evil of Sodom
• -Lessons from the Rebels
• -Lessons from the Wayward Son
• -Lessons from Traveling in the Wilderness
• -Lessons in Child Rearing from the Patriarch Jacob
• -Lessons of Leadership from the Resume of an Architect
• -Limitless Leadership
• -Lip Service is Hardly Enough
• -Listening to the Message
• -Living a Sanctified Life
• -Living a Truly Meaningful Life
• -Living a Truly Sanctified Life
• -Living Outside the Land of Israel
• -Long-Term Consequences
• -Looking at Tzara’at from a Different Perspective
• -Looking Through the Pain-Toward a Bright Future
• -Lot--Nephew of Avram: The Promise and the Tragedy
• -Lot-Nephew of Abram: The Promise and the Tragedy
• -Lot Grows Increasingly Estranged from his Uncle Abram
• -Love of G-d Trumps Lust for Life
• -Loving the Land of Israel
• -Loving the Stranger
• -Loving Thy Neighbor
• -Ma'aser Shay'nee--The Second Tithe
• -Majority Rule
• -Make for Me a Sanctuary And I Shall Dwell in Their Midst
• -Making A Name For Ourselves
• -Making a Reckoning
• -Making Each Day Count
• -Making Each Person Count
• -Making Holiness Contagious
• -Making The Final Commitment
• -Making the Menial Hallowed and Mundane Holy
• -Making the Menial Hallowed and the Mundane Holy
• -Man’s Struggle with Evil
• -Marketing G-d by Living Example
• -Measure for Measure
• -Mesmerized by the Subtle Slavery
• -Messages from the Nile
• -Miriam Leads the Women in Song
• -Modesty and Humility for All
• -Moses--The Leader With A Calling
• -Moses- The Mysterious Early Years
• -Moses: A Spiritual Father
• -Moses: the Exalted Leader
• -Moses: The Lonely Leader
• -Moses Argues with G-d to Save the Jewish People from Destruction
• -Moses Blames the People for His Fate
• -Moses Called Hoshea the Son of Nun - Joshua
• -Moses gets Battered by the Commentaries
• -Moses Pleads on Behalf of the People of Israel
• -Moses Realizes that His Dreams Were Not Going to be Fulfilled
• -Moses Retires from Center Stage
• -Moses Shatters the Tablets
• -Moses the Reluctant Prophet
• -Moses the Stammerer: Becomes a World-Class Orator
• -Moses Wrestles with G-d
• -Moses’ Painful Words of Comfort
• -Mother of Royalty
• -Mount Moriah: Building for the Future Through Love
• -Mourning and Eulogizing
• -Mrs. Ohn: The Unsung Hero
• -Never Again!-Again!
• -Never Give Up Hope!
• -Nimrod and the Financial Meltdown
• -Noah - A Hero of Limited Proportions
• -Noah: A Biblical Profile
• -Noah: The Man Who Brings Comfort To The World
• -Noah’s Birds– The Raven and the Dove
• -No Leaven or Honey on the Altar
• -No Reason to Glory!
• -Nothing Stands in the Way of Teshuva!
• -Not Rushing to Judgment
• -No ‘Man’ was with Joseph
• -O Captain My Captain
• -Og Stands Tall on the Stage of History
• -Oh’na’ah–Taking Unfair Advantage of the Weak
• -One Heart - as One Man
• -One Woman's Cry
• -On That Day the Lord Shall Be One and His Name One
• -On the Anniversary of September 11th
• - On the Road: The Lessons of Hindsight
• -On the Seventh Day the Walls of Water Split
• -Opening their Hearts...so they can Hea
• -Opening Their Hearts so They Can Hear
• -Optimism: The Call of the Hour
• -Optimism and Faithfulness
• -Our Brother Our Sister--the Proselyte
• -P'roo Ur'voo--Jewish Attitudes Towards Procreation
• -Parashat Zachor: 'Hating as a Mitzvah?'
• -Pardes--the Four Levels of Understanding Torah
• -Participating in the Communal Pain
• -Passover: The Final Days
• -Pass the Salt Please!
• -Patience Tempered With Love
• -Peace--The Greatest of All Blessings
• -Persecution’s ‘Silver Lining’
• -Pharaoh's Dream: Learning Through the Nuances
• -Pharaoh's Dream: The Variations and Nuances
• -Pharaoh's Ultimate Fate
• -Pharaoh Sends the People of Israel out of Egypt
• -Pharaoh Was Agitated
• -Pharaoh’s Three Counselors
• -Pinchas and King David
• -Pinchas Avenges the Midianites
• -Pinchas the Zealot?
• -Pinchas the Zealot and King David
• -Playing the Subordinate Role: A Lesson from the Levites
• -Plus ça change..plus c’est la même chose--History Repeats Itself!
• -Polygamy and Jewish Tradition
• -Polygamy Illegitimacy and Punishing the Innocent
• -Prelude to Holiness
• -Preserving the Sanctity of Sacred Objects and Sacred Ideas
• -Priests and Death: An Unusual Relationship
• -Prohibition Against Excessive Grief
• -Protecting the Rights of a Wife
• -Proving G-d's Existence
• -Punishment Awaits the Evildoers
• -P’roo Ur’voo--Jewish Attitudes Toward Procreation
• -Rabbi Eliyahu Kitov’s Observations on the Sukkot Festival
• -Rachel's Burial Place in Bethlehem
• -Rachel: Portrait of a Matriarch
• -Raising Jewish Children in a Challenging Environment
• -Rational Love and Emotional Love: A Lesson From Tefillin
• -Reaching Out to Family Members
• -Rebecca and Isaac’s First Encounter: a Revealing Insight into the Future
• -Rebecca Inquires of G-d
• -Rebelling with G-d
• -Rebuilding the World Through the Children of Noah
• -Reconciliation and Death
• -Redeeming Captives
• -Reflections on The Holocaust
• -Reflections on the Meaning of Peace
• -Remembering Amalek: A Contemporary View
• -Remembering the Exodus from Egypt
• -Renewing the Covenant
• -Repentance-With a Little Help from our Friend in Heaven!
• -Respect for Elders
• -Respect for the Person and the Office
• -Restoring Lost Possessions--Revisited
• -Returning the Stolen Goblet to Joseph
• -Reuben is Credited with Saving Joseph’s Life
• -Revealing the Time of the Coming of the End of Days
• -Reverence for Learning in Jewish Tradition
• -Reward and Punishment
• -Ritual Impurity and Tzaraat: A Contemporary Understanding
• -Rituals Work
• -Rituals Work Rituals Work
• -Rochel the Riveter
• -Rosh Chodesh-- the Modest Holiday
• -Safeguarding the Covenant
• -Sanctifying and Defiling G-d’s Name
• -Sanctifying G-d’s Name
• -Sanctify Them Today and Tomorrow
• -Sarah Dies at Age 127
• -Searching for Eldad and Medad
• -Secret Transgressions
• -Security for Citizens and Caring for Guests
• -Seeking Advice From a Good Friend
• -Sending the Mother Bird Away
• -Seth--Adam and Eve's Little-Known Son
• -Setting a New Standard of Ethical Behavior
• -Setting A New Standard of Ethics
• -Setting Our Priorities Straight
• -Setting the Stage for the Jewish Future
• -Shaatnez: Understanding Irrational Decrees
• -Shabbat and Purim
• -Shabbat as a Priority in Jewish Life
• -Shabbat Shabbaton--The Ultimate Shabbat
• -Sharing the Blanket
• -She Called His Name 'Ben Oni'
• -Shlamim: Expressing Wholehearted Gratitude
• -Shortness of Breath and Hard Works
• -Showing Sensitivity to the Helpless and the Downtrodden
• -Smashing the Golden Calves
• -Sodom: The Home of Institutionalized Evil
• -Some Important Lessons That We Learn from the Ancient Biblical Tzara'at
• -Some Important Lessons to Learn from the Ancient Biblical Malady..Tzara’at
• -So That Your Brother May Live With You
• -Spiritual Movements in the Life of a Jew
• -Stages of Religious Growth
• -Standing Firmly Before G-d and Man
• -Standing Idly By
• -Starting All Over--Again!
• -Straying from Lofty Spiritual Moorings
• -Stretch Those Face Muscles!
• -Striking the Stone: the Parameters of Anger
• -Striving as a Jewish Ideal
• -Striving for Perfection
• -Striving for Refined Speech
• -Striving to Reach Heaven During the Days of Awe
• -Structural Secrets of the Decalogue
• -Substance Abuse in Judaism
• -Sukkot - The Festival of Joy
• -Sukkot: Enveloping Israel in G-d's Loving-Kindness
• -Sukkot: The Dialectic of a Festival
• -Surviving the Wilderness
• -Swearing in G-d's name
• -Taking a Stand Against the Banality of Evil
• -Taking the Law Into One’s Own Hand
• -Tamar: The Paradigm of an Heroic Woman
• -Tattoos
• -Teaching a New Reality About Divine Power Through The Ten Plagues
• -Techelet--Genuine Sincerity in Faith
• -Thanking G-d for the Good
• -The 'Mazal Tov' Conundrum
• -The 'Mitzvah' of Divorce
• -The 'Myth' of the Great Flood
• -The 'Sacrifice' That Lasts Forever
• -The 'Sophisticated' and 'Unsophisticated' Criminal
• -The 'Vengeful' G-d
• -The 'Zealotry' of Pinchas
• -The Akeida
• -The Al-mighty's Concern for the Dignity of the Human Being
• -The Al-mighty’s Relationship with the Nations of the World
• -The Alliance with Abimelech
• -The Ancient Origins and Practice of Anti-Semitism
• -The Ancient Origins and Practices of Anti-Semitism
• -The Anonymous Holiday
• -The Arrival of Jethro
• -The Battle for Women’s Rights
• -The Battle of the Four Kings Against the Five
• -The Beautiful
• -The Benefit of Broad-heartedness
• -The Big 'IF': The Question of Free Choice
• -The Big ‘IF.’ The Gift of Free Choice
• -The Birth of Benjamin; The Death of Rachel
• -The Blame Game
• -The Blasphemer - A Midrashic View
• -The Blessing and the Curse
• -The Blessing of Health
• -The Blessings of a Tzaddik
• -The Bones of Joseph
• -The Book of Deuteronomy–Mishneh Torah and the Purpose of Repetition
• -The Book of Humankind
• -The Bronze Serpent
• -The Brothers: Moses and Aaron
• -The Centrality of Joy in Jewish Observance
• -The Centrality of Light
• -The Centrality of Torah
• -The Central Role of the Golden Altar and the Incense
• -The Challenge of Bountifulness
• -The Challenge of the Priestly Blessings
• -The Challenges of Poverty and Wealth
• -The Cherubs
• -The Choice Parts to G-d
• -The Choosing People
• -The Chosen People–Again!
• -The Circumcision of Eliezer: A Message for Busy Parents
• -The Colorful Biography of Pinchas
• -The Coming of Age of Joseph: from Lad to Bechor
• -The Command
• -The Complex Relationship Between Jacob Rachel and Leah
• -The Concept of The Chosen People
• -The Confluence of v'Zot Habracha and the Holiday
• -The Contemporary Impact of the Blessings of Bilaam
• -The Conundrum of Charity--Who Benefits More?
• -The Conundrum of Childbirth
• -The Conundrum of Pinchas: Do His Actions Set an Unacceptable Precedent?
• -The Convert and the Second Passover
• -The Counting of the Omer and the Celebration of Israel's Independence
• -The Critical Importance of Timing
• -The Cups of Redemption
• -The Curse of Ham; The Blessing of Shem and Yafet
• -The Danger of Seeing the Holy Furnishings
• -The Dangers of Assimilation
• -The Dangers of Pridefulness
• -The Dangers of Self Delusion
• -The Dark Side of Judaism
• -The Daughters Of Tzelafchad: Legitimate Feminist Claims
• -The Daughters of Zelophehad: Legitimate Feminist Claims
• -The Death of Aaron
• -The Death of Aaron’s Sons: The Midrashic Perspective
• -The Death of Deborah--Rebecca’s Nurse
• -The Debate: Burial In The Land of Israel
• -The Deceivers are Deceived
• -The Deception of Isaac
• -The Decline and Collapse of the Egyptian Magicians
• -The Decline and Fall of Humankind
• -The Deeds of the Fathers are Signposts for the Children
• -The Delicate Balance
• -The Development of Civilization as Recorded in Genesis
• -The Dialectic of Body and Soul
• -The Dialectic of Joy and Fear
• -The Difference Between Moses and the Other Prophets
• -The Double-Edged Sword
• -The Dreams and the Divine Covenant
• -The Earthen Altar: Reaching up to Heaven
• -The Economics of Torah
• -The Efficacy of the Oral Code
• -The Eighth Day
• -The Elusive Blessing of 'Peace'
• -The Encounter
• -The Enemy Within
• -The Essence of Sacrifice
• -The Essential Ingredient for Repentance and Prayer--Humility
• -The Essential lessons of Chametz and Matzah
• -The Etiquette of Evil
• -The Evolving Holiday
• -The Exalted Spirituality of Miriam the Prophetess
• -The Exceptional Power of Prayer
• -The Excesses of Rationality
• -The Exodus--A 'Primitive' story with Revolutionary Implications
• -The Extent of Rabbinic Authority
• -The Extraordinary Mitzvah of Tzedaka (Charity)
• -The Extraordinary Mitzvah of Tzedakah--Charity
• -The Extreme Sanctity of the Holy of Holies--Revisited
• -The Fall of Man
• -The Fate of Humankind is Sealed
• -The Festival of Liberation
• -The Festival of Sukkot Comes to a Dramatic Close
• -The Fifteenth of Av
• -The Final Days: Expressing Gratitude
• -The Final Days of Passover: A Call For Modesty in Jewish Life
• -The Final Days of Passover: Love and Hope
• -The Final days of Pesach - Days of Unity
• -The Final Song
• -The Fine Nuances of Jealousy
• -The First Encounter Between Rebecca and Isaac: A Revealing Insight Into the Future
• -The Forbidden Relationships Work Both Ways
• -The Gentle Reproof
• -The Gift of Celebration
• -The Gift of Self Esteem
• -The Gift of Spiritual Potential
• -The Gift of Torah
• -The Gift that Keeps on Giving
• -The Great Deception
• -The Great Mighty and Awesome G-d
• -The Great Moses Seems Not to Know the Answer
• -The Great Real Estate Swindle–Its Implications
• -The Hated Wife
• -The Haughty Heart
• -The Hebrew Maidservant is Alive and Well
• -The Hebrew Story of Creation and Its Parallels Among Other Civilizations
• -The Help Meet
• -The Hidden Things Belong to G-d
• -The Highest Mitzvah of All!
• -The High Priests Wears the Names of Israel on His Heart
• -The High Priest’s Dilemma–What to Wear on Yom Kippur?
• -The Human Animal
• -The Hypocrite as Exemplar
• -The Impact of Performing Mitzvot
• -The Imperative of Joy
• -The Incredible Yovel--The Jubilee Year
• -The Innocent Victim
• -The Inscrutable Statutes
• -The Intermarriage Conundrum
• -The Intuitive Jew
• -The Invaluable Legacy of the Ancient Camp of Israel
• -The Jealousy Between Brothers
• -The Jewish Attitude Toward Healing and Medicine
• -The Jewish Attitude Toward Intermarriage
• -The Jewish Attitude Toward Sexuality
• -The Jewish Connection
• -The Jewish Method of Achieving Moral Perfection
• -The Jew Under the Microscope
• -The Judgment of Ishmael and its Contemporary Implications for all of G-d's Creatures
• -The King of Israel: The Privileged and Obligated Monarch
• -The Korban Tamid--a Lesson in Consistency
• -The Legacy of Ishmael
• -The Lesson of the Basin: 'Don't Judge a Book by its Cover'
• -The Lesson of the Basin: ‘Don’t Judge a Basin by its Cooper’
• -The Lesson of the Broken Vav
• -The Lesson of the Fire-pans
• -The Lesson of the Journeys
• -The Lesson of the Mincha Offering--Giving With a Full Heart
• -The Lessons of Genealogy
• -The Levites and the Golden Calf: Transcending One's Own Nature
• -The Limits of Free Will
• -The Little Steps that Lead to Big Accomplishments
• -The Lonely Patriarch
• -The Longest Day
• -The Ma'ah'peelim: Forcing Their Way Into the Promised Land
• -The Magic of the Day of Atonement
• -The Magic of the Mezuzah
• -The Making of a Concerned Jewish Leader
• -The Malbim Teaches the Lessons of the Manna
• -The Mandate for Parental Involvement in Jewish Education
• -The Massacre of Shechem
• -The Massacre of Shechem: Can it be justified?
• -The Massacre of the Midianites: Does Judaism Countenance Genocide?
• -The Meaning of Sukkot: Insights of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
• -The Meaning of the Priestly Vestments
• -The Meaning of the Wilderness
• -The Measure of Brotherly Love
• -The Message of the Burning Bush
• -The Message of the Holy Ark
• -The Message of the Manna
• -The Message of the Rainbow
• -The Message of the Trumpets
• -The Mishkan--the Tabernacle as Collateral
• -The Mishkan: Underscoring the Centrality of the Home in Jewish Life
• -The Mishkan and the Sanctity of the Jewish Home
• -The Missing Years in the Life of Moses
• -The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim-Visiting the Sick
• -The Mitzvah of Burying the Dead
• -The Mitzvah of Living in the Land of Israel
• -The Mitzvah of Marriage Kiddushin and Ketuvah
• -The More Things Change...
• -The Most Famous of All Nazarites--Samson
• -The Murmurers
• -The Museum within the Tabernacle
• -The Mystery of Machpelah
• -The Mystical Aspects of the Sale of Joseph
• -The Names of G-d and Their Meanings
• -The Nature of Moses’ Humility
• -The Never-Ending Journey of the Jewish People
• -The Nidah--Affirming the Infinite Value of Human Life
• -The Nidah--Affirming the Value of the Sanctity of Life
• -The Noble Calling of the Levites: Serving as an Exemplar for the Jewish People
• -The Not-So-Obvious Process of Enslavement
• -The Not-So-Obvious Process of Hebrew Enslavement
• -The Odd Conclusion to the Book of Leviticus
• -The Odd Ritual Practices of the Metzorah!
• -The Opening Act
• -The Ordeal of the Sotah - Barbaric or Enlightened?
• -The Original Jewish Renewal Movement
• -The Origin of the Big Lie
• -The Origins and Meaning of Evil
• -The Origins and Meanings of Evil
• -The Outer Altar
• -The Pain of Giving Reproof
• -The Paradox of the Red Heifer
• -The Passing of a Patriarch
• -The Passing of the Last of the Patriarchs
• -The Passover Seder–Focus on the Children
• -The Patriarch Jacob Did Not Die!
• -The Peddler and Evil Speech
• -The People of Israel are Taught to be More Independent
• -The Perpetual Fire
• -The Personality of Isaac: the Passive Patriarch
• -The Plague of Darkness
• -The Poetry of Yom Kippur
• -The Power of a Vow
• -The Power of Strife
• -The Power of the Word אָמֵן: 'Amen'
• -The Power of Unity
• -The Preciousness of Hospitality
• -The Preciousness of Peace
• -The Prediction of Return
• -The Preeminence of Shabbat
• -The Price of Disunity
• -The Primacy of Independent Thinking
• -The Primacy of Jewish Education
• -The Prohibition of Eating the Limb of a Live Animal
• -The Prohibition of Taking Revenge
• -The Promise of Total Return
• -The Proper and Improper Use of Zealotry
• -The Rape of Dinah: Impossible to Fathom!
• -There are Stones with Human Hearts
• -The Rebellion Against the Lonely Leader
• -There is But No Fear of G-d in this Place
• -The Remarkable Legacy of Ruth the Righteous Convert
• -The Responsibilities of Leadership
• -The Responsibility not to be Misled
• -The Return to G-d
• -The Reunion of Jacob & Joseph: An Immortal Lesson About Love
• -The Revolutionary Idea of Holiness
• -The Revolutionary Nature of Shemita and Yovel
• -The Revolution that Started with a Fence
• -The Rise and Fall and Rise of Joseph
• -The Risks of Being a Public Figure
• -The Role of Aaron and the Golden Calf
• -The Role of Exile in Jewish History
• -The Role of Exile in Jewish Theology
• -The Role of Mother Rachel in Jewish History
• -The Role of the Cantor in the High Holiday Services
• -The Role of the Levites
• -The Role of the Levites and the Service of Yeshiva Students in the Israeli Army
• -The Role of Witnesses and Testimony
• -The Sabbath: Meeting G-d
• -The Sad Destiny of the Firstborn Children
• -The Sadducees and the Counting of the Omer
• -The Sale of the Birthright
• -The Sanctity of Human Life
• -The Sanctity of Land and its Implications
• -The Sanctity of the Camp of Israel
• -The Sanctity of The Holy of Holies
• -The Sanctity of the Synagogue
• -The Scepter Shall Not Depart from Judah
• -The Sealed Torah Portion
• -The Secret of Jewish Survival in Exile?
• -The Seduction of Joseph
• -The Seven Commandments Given to the Descendants of Noah
• -The Seven Protective Divine Clouds
• -The Seventy Elders: The Challenge of Jewish Leadership
• -The Shira: The Source of All Song
• -The Show Must Go On
• -The Shulchan--Much More Than Just a Table
• -The Sine of the Spies--Revisited
• -The Sins of a Leader
• -The Slave Mentality
• -The Small ‘Stuff’ is not Always Small
• -The Souls That Were Made in Haran
• -The Sounding of the Shofar
• -The Story of Esther--Making Choices for Jewish Destiny
• -The Story of Noah--Fact or Fantasy?
• -The Struggle Over the Birthright
• -The Subtle Secrets of the 10 Plagues
• -The Subtle Secrets of the Ten Plagues
• -The Subtle Slavery
• -The Sukkah In The Sky
• -The Ten Commandments: The Differences
• -The Ten Days of Teshuvah: A Propitious Time for Repentance
• -The Tension Between Human Love and Divine Will
• -The Theological Underpinnings of Anti-Semitism
• -The Theological Underpinnings of Antisemitism
• -The Third Commandment: Against Perjury and Profane Swearing
• -The Thirteen Attributes of G-d’s Mercy
• -The Thrill of Coming Home
• -The Tochaycha–G-d’s Daunting Reproof of Israel
• -The Torah's 'Secret' for Longevity
• -The Torah's Attitude Towards Converts
• -The Torah's Definition of 'Power'
• -The Torah's Definition of True Wealth
• -The Torah's Home Security System
• -The Torah's Not-So-Secret Formula for Peace
• -The Torah's Radical Approach to Child Rearing
• -The Torah's Radical Approach to Parenting
• -The Torah's Recipe for Finding a Proper Mate
• -The Torah's Revolutionary Economic System
• -The Torah - the First Environmentalist Treatise
• -The Torah-the First Environmentally-Friendly Treatise
• -The Torah Declares War on Bribery
• -The Torah Promotes the Work Ethic
• -The Torah’s Attitude toward Converts
• -The Tragic Death of Mother Rachel
• -The Transformation of Jacob
• -The Transformation of Moses is Completed
• -The Trials of Abraham
• -The Trials of Being a Public Figure
• -The Tribe of Dan Traveled Last
• -The Tribe of Levi--the Master Enablers
• -The True Story of Purim
• -The Two Birds of Israel
• -The Two Covenants
• -The Two Sides of Joseph
• -The Ultimate Value and Sanctity of Human Life in Judaism
• -The Ultimate Value of Human Life
• -The Unanswered Prayer
• -The Unending Mourning
• -The Unexpected Joy of Rosh Hashana
• -The Unfathomable Practice of Molech Worship
• -The Urim and Tumim--The Mysterious Priestly Accessory
• -The Value of a Woman
• -The Vast Majority of the Time G-d Rules the World
• -The Vengeful G-d--Revisited
• -The Virtues of Assimilation
• -The Vital Importance of Truthful Judgment
• -The Voice Within Us
• -The Well of Miriam
• -The Willing Bride
• -The Wind and the Sun
• -The Wise-Hearted Person
• -They’re Not Laughing At Me Anymore!
• -The Zealotry of Pinchas as Seen Through the Midrash
• -The שִׁירָה --Shira: The Source of All Song
• -The ‘Mitzvah’ of Divorce Revisited
• -The ‘Outstretched Arm’ and the ‘Mighty Hand’
• -This is What the L-rd Meant When He Said
• -Those Remarkable Dietary Laws
• -Three Wells
• -Tisha B'Av: Never Beyond Redemption
• -Torah From Sinai
• -To the Land that I Will Show You
• -Traditional Judaism: Fundamentalist or Ascetic
• -Transferring Power
• -Transformations
• -Transforming an Enemy Into a Friend
• -Twenty Years in the House of Laban
• -Two Long Years in Joseph’s Life
• -Two of the Seventy Souls
• -Tzaraat--The Spiritual Dermatological Disease
• -Tzitzit: The Unpretentious Mitzvah
• -Uncovering the ‘Layers’ in the Biblical Narrative
• -Understanding Birkat Hamazon--the Grace After Meals
• -Understanding Hebrew and Canaanite Servitude
• -Understanding Ishmael
• -Understanding Shabbat Hagadol
• -Understanding the Rite of Circumcision
• -Understanding the Ritual of Circumcision
• -Unexpected Parallels between Mikeitz and the Story of Chanukah
• -Upstaged by a Donkey
• -Using Not Abusing a Sanctified Substance
• -Using Technology in the Service of the A-lmighty
• -Using Technology in the Service of the Al-mighty
• -Va'chamushim - Armed or Otherwise
• -Vah'chah'moo'shim–-A Call to Arms?
• -Valuable Insights from the Priestly Logistics
• -Vindicated Before G-d and Before People
• -Vows and Oaths
• -Waiting Until the Eighth Day
• -War the Jewish Community and Jewish Family Life
• -Was Hagar Abused?
• -Waste Not--Want Not
• -Was the Sin of the Scouts Greater than the Sin of the Golden Calf?
• -Watch out for Laban he's more dangerous than Pharaoh!
• -We Can Forgive the Arabs For Killing Our Children...
• -We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident
• -Welcoming Jethro--the Idolatrous Priest
• -Welcoming the Stranger
• -Were Lot’s Daughters Moral or Immoral?
• -We Were like Grasshoppers in Our Eyes
• -We Will Do and We Will Obey
• -What's in a Name?
• -Whatever Became of Sin?
• -Whatever Became of the Sons of Korach?
• -What is Chanukah really about?
• -What is Heaven?
• -What is the Prophet Elijah Doing at Our Passover Seder?
• -What Shall I Do; My Parents Hate Him?!
• -What We Learn from the Jewish 'Caste System'
• -What’s in a Name? Zaphenath-Paneach
• -What’s in a Name?—a Change in Destiny
• -When a Brother Dies Childless
• -When a Jew Comes to the City
• -When a Jew Goes Down to Egypt
• -When Life Revolves Around G-d
• -When Performing a Mitzvah Comes at a Significant Personal Cost
• -When Yom Kippur Occurs on Shabbat
• -Where Did Korach Go Wrong?
• -Where Did the Spies Go Wrong?
• -Where is Moses?
• -Where is Nachshon the Son of Aminadav When We Need Him?
• -Where is Nachshon the Son of Aminadov When We Need Him?
• -Who is Canaan and Why is He Cursed?
• -Who is Eliezer the Damascan?
• -Who Is Keturah?
• -Who is Osenath the wife of Joseph?
• -Who is the Real Enemy?
• -Who is the Real Jethro?
• -Who is Truly Religious?
• -Who Sold Joseph?
• -Who was Caleb?
• -Who was Enoch?
• -Who Was Esau?
• -Who Was the Matriarch Sarah?
• -Who Were the Midwives?
• -Why Did G-d Choose Abraham?
• -Why Did Joseph the Viceroy of Egypt Never Contact His Aged Father?
• -Why Didn't the Egyptians Rebel Against Pharaoh?
• -Why Did You Treat Me So Badly?
• -Why G-d Can Not Share the Limelight
• -Why Israel Lost Faith at the Red Sea
• -Why is Sukkot Celebrated in the Fall rather than in the Spring?
• -Why the Sh'ma?
• -Why Was Rebecca Barren?
• -Why was the World Destroyed by a Flood?
• -Will Our Children be Our Guarantors?
• -With G-d as our Guide
• -With G-d as Our Partner
• -With the L-rd as Our Partner
• -With the Lord as Our Partner
• -Words of Eternal Truth from the Evil Prophet Bilaam
• -Words that Hurt Words that Heal
• -Worshiping G-d Wholeheartedly
• -Worshiping G-d With All One's Heart
• -Would a Human Author Have Written this?
• -Wronging One Another: The Torah's Unique Viewpoint
• -Yisrael: the People Who Wrestle with G-d
• -Yitzchak Establishes a Home with His New Wife
• -Yom HaShoah: Six Million-Minus One
• -Yom Kippur: A Prelude to the Festival of Sukkot
• -Zevach Sh'lamim--Learning to Celebrate Life
• -Zion Shall be Redeemed through Justice
• -זִיכּוּי הָרַבִּים - Meriting the Broader Jewish Community
• -לֶחֶם עֹנִי --Lechem Oni: The Bread of Affliction
• - רֵיחַ נִיחוֹחַ –A Sweet Savor unto the L-rd
• -‘D’vay’kut’--Bonding with the Al-mighty
• -‘Is This What You Call Borrowing?’--Revisited
• -‘Pinchas’--What’s in a Name?