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‘Drones and Rashes’ Parashat Metzora – Pesach 5784

Last week’s Portion of Tazria pertains primarily to the laws of tzara’at, a skin disease commonly – but incorrectly – associated with leprosy....

18.04.2024 20

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‘Assembly’ Parashat Tzav – Parah 5784

28.03.2024 20

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‘As For You’ Parashat Tetzaveh 5784

22.02.2024 20

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‘Friendly fire’: Parshat Mishpatim 5784

07.02.2024 20

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‘Good Advice’ Parashat Vayera 5784

The Portion of Vayera begins after Abraham has circumcised himself and his entire family. According to our Sages in the Midrash, three days after the...

02.11.2023 8

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‘The Fermi Paradox’ Parashat Lech Lecha 5784

Enrico Fermi was a Nobel-prize winning physicist who is probably best known for his leading role in the “Manhattan Project” that designed and...

25.10.2023 10

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‘How to Find Favor’ Noach 5784

Only ten generations after G-d created the world, society has sunk into a moral abyss. G-d, regretting having created man, elects to destroy mankind...

18.10.2023 10

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‘Tree of Life’ Bereishit 5784

After Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge, G-d banishes them from the Garden of Eden. The reason for their banishment is clearly laid out in...

11.10.2023 9

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‘Father and King’ Rosh Hashanah 5784

Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah? Clearly the primary reason is because the Torah refers to Rosh Hashanah as [Vayikra 23:24] “A...

13.09.2023 10

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‘Escape Room’ Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech 5783

How far is heaven from earth? The answer is crucial in understanding a verse in the Portion of Nitzavim. The topic at hand is the future redemption...

07.09.2023 30

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