Practicing Perfection

If you have children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews spend some time practicing the Four Questions with them. (For a quick review, click here)

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Achieving Immortality

Make sure to take responsibility for your actions. To better appreciate the long-term implications of Adam and Eve’s actions in the Garden of Eden, print out before Shabbat and enjoy…

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Moral Guide

Do not let the morality of the media define your morality.

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Moral Yoking

While organizations such as PETA and local SPCAs were created to protect animals and safeguard them from undue suffering and cruelty, the Torah has, for millennia, maintained strict laws…

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Moral Yoking

While organizations such as PETA and local SPCAs were created to protect animals and safeguard them from undue suffering and cruelty, the Torah has, for millennia, maintained strict laws…

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Emor 5766-2006

"Striving for Perfection" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week's parasha, parashat Emor, the theme of perfection is repeated many times in several related contexts. In Leviticus…

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Emor 5783-2023

“Striving for Perfection” (updated and revised from Emor 5766-2006) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Emor, the theme of “perfection” appears repeatedly in…

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Jewish Treats Jewish History

Jewish Treats aboutJewish History Browse our archive of Jewish History related Jewish Treats.…

Acharei Mot 5782-2022

“The Jewish Method of Achieving Moral Perfection” (Updated and revised from Acharei Mot 5763-2003) by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Acharei Mot, we read one…

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Acharei Mot 5763-2003

"The Jewish Method of Achieving Moral Perfection" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this coming week's parasha, parashat Acharei Mot, we read one of the resounding exhortations of the…

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