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Bereishis
Bereshis
Tolerate or Freeze to Death
Were you once totally united with another person? That person could have been a spouse, a relative or...
Noach
My Spouse and I Disagree - That's a Problem But That's Also a Solution!
You and your spouse may have grown up speaking different languages. Those different languages may have...
Lech-Lecha
Had I Lived in S'dom, Would I Have Been Better?
“And the people of S’dom were sinners and they were evil.”[1] Yes, S’domites were evil. To Hashem. To...
Vayeira
Are We Too Dispirited to See Solutions?
Tears. They’re powerful, aren’t they? So powerful that they even heal broken relationships. And that...
Chayei Sarah
The Summer of Death & the Cycle of Love
It was the summer of 1944. It was the summer of death. It was the summer in which 21-year-old Clara Jason...
Toldos
Yaakov Was Right but He Suffered Nonetheless
In our parsha, we read about Yaakov’s theft of the blessings. We read that Yitzchok planned on endowing...
Vayetzei
Yaakov’s Ladder or the Migdal Bavel
It’s a gut-wrenching survey. It’s the 2015 Scottish survey on careers that documents that 90% of us make...
Vayishlach
Sticks and Stones Won’t Break My Bones as Badly as Thoughts Hurt Me
You know the children’s ditty: “sticks and stones will break my bones but name will never hurt me.” You...
Vayeshev
Let Not One Child’s Luminescence Darken Another Child
Every year, we read the story about the special garment that a loving father made for his son: “Yaakov…....
Mikeitz
Why Didn’t Yosef Send a Message to His Father for 22 Years?
It was the longest 22 years. It was 22 years – lasting from when a 17-year old Yosef was enslaved to...
Vayigash
Inconspicuous Consumption
Our parsha tells us that Yaakov’s family immigrated to Egypt during a terrible time, a time when “there...
Vayechi
Father and Son, Living in the Present & Living in the Past
It’s the same story of favoritism, isn’t it? The same story of a younger child being favored over an...
Shemot
Shemos
Did They All Hate Us?
We know so much about the bad things that the Egyptians did to us. As our parsha notes, they “a.”[1] We...
Va'eira
Tzfar-Daya (Smart Bird) Crocodiles - A Bird’s Best Friend
We’re accustomed to reading the “tzfardaya” featured in our parsha as frogs. That reads well into the...
Bo
Doorposts of Love
A maelstrom was descending on Egypt. That maelstrom would strike Egyptian homes and would kill all Egyptian...
Beshalach
Today’s Anxious, Depressed Child
All that talk about today’s anxious, depressed children – it isn’t just talk. It’s fact. Study...
Yisro
On Difficult Parents & Difficult Parents in Law
Two very important obligations – the obligations about honoring parents and parents-in-law – are...
Mishpatim
Terumah
Tetzaveh
Ki Sisa
Vayakhel
Pekudei
Vayikra
Vayikra
KEDOSHIM: TO REACH EVERYWHERE, WE MUST REACH SOMEWHERE
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: KEDOSHIM – TO REACH EVERYWHERE, WE MUST REACH SOMEWHERE Rabbi Yehoshua...
Tzav
Shemini
Tazria
Metzora
Acharei Mos
Kedoshim
Emor
Behar
Bechukosai
Bamidbar
Bamidbar
Naso
Beha'aloscha
Shelach
Korach
Chukas
Balak
Pinchas
Matos
Masei
Devarim
Devarim
Va'eschanan
Eikev
Re'eh
Shoftim
Ki Seitzei
Ki Savo
Nitzavim
Vayelech
Ha'azinu
V'Zos HaBerachah
Yomim Tovim
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
YOM KIPPUR: TRYING DOESN’T GUARANTEE SUCCESS BUT NOT TRYING GUARANTEES FAILURE
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: YOM KIPPUR – TRYING DOESN’T GUARANTEE SUCCESS BUT NOT TRYING GUARANTEES...
Sukkos
SUKKOS: LIKE FROGS, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: SUKKOS – LIKE FROGS, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING Rabbi Yehoshua...
Pesach
PESACH - IT’S NOT ABOUT MAROR
PESACH – IT’S NOT ABOUT MAROR Rabbi Yehoshua Weber Maror. Eating it at the seder is a mitzva. The...
PESACH: BEING FREED BY THE PANDEMIC - EVEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC
PESACH: BEING FREED BY THE PANDEMIC – EVEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC Rabbi Yehoshua Weber Please consider...
Shavous
SHAVUOS: WE’VE BEEN SO GOOD, THAT WE FORGOT HOW TO BECOME BETTER
SHAVUOS: WE’VE BEEN SO GOOD, THAT WE FORGOT HOW TO BECOME BETTER Rabbi Yehoshua Weber “Hashem will descend...
Tisha B'Av
Chanukah
CHANUKAH: BY 8, I HAD GRADUATED FROM BUCHENWALD
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: CHANUKAH – BY 8, I HAD GRADUATED FROM BUCHENWALD Rabbi Yehoshua Weber Please...
CHANUKAH - SHIELD CHILDREN FROM BAD OR INCULCATE THEM WITH GOOD?
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: CHANUKAH – SHIELD CHILDREN FROM BAD OR INCULCATE THEM WITH GOOD? Rabbi...
Purim
PURIM: IS IT REALLY ABOUT JAPANESE CARAMEL CHOCOLATE APPLES?
PURIM – IS IT REALLY ABOUT JAPANESE CARAMEL CHOCOLATE APPLES? Rabbi Yehoshua Weber Please consider...
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