Torah Commentary

Hidden Star

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Stepping forward one night at choir practice, 11-year-old Talya felt her head spin. When it came to solos, Talya’s voice came out sounding like...

Be An Innovator

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Back in the early 1950s, a large shoe consortium with stores across the U.S. and Canada decided to take its business venture into the...

More Than Just An Obstacle Course

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In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Ki Tavo, we read something known as the tochacha. The tochacha is a long list of terrible calamities...

Self-Reflection, Teshuvah And Return

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In the song “Gee, Officer Krupke” (“West Side Story”), Stephen Sondheim writes, “Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke, you gotta understand; It’s just our bringin’ up-ke,...

Say The Shema

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Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. It’s the last thing my kids hear each night before bed … that is until they start hollering...

Opportunity for Renewal

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Parshat Re’eh As we enter parshat Re’eh, Moses reminds us of God’s words, as we prepare to cross into Israel. “I set before you blessing...

The Real Winner

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I stood on our blacktop driveway holding my bike. My hands smoothed over the shiny black metal frame. Its high leather seat stood proudly...

No One Is Perfect

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The Kotzer Rebbe used to say there is nothing more whole than a broken heart. You can also say there’s nothing more whole than...

Unity Begins At Home

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This past Tuesday, Jews worldwide commemorated the destruction of the Holy Temple and the pillage of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 422 B.C.E. and...

Gratitude and Perspective

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This Shabbat, we begin reading the book of Deuteronomy. Every year, this portion is read on Shabbat preceding the Ninth of Av, the singular...