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Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT VAYISHLACH 5784 – DISCOVERING OURSELVES: MOMENTS AND PLACES THAT MATTER

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT VAYETZEI 5784 – JACOB AND LABAN: UNRAVELING THE THREADS OF HONESTY, DECEIT AND THEFT

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT TOLDOT 5784 – THE BIRTHRIGHT DILEMMA: ETHICAL CHOICES IN THE TALE OF JACOB AND ESAU

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH 5784 – THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – UNVEILING MEANING IN LIFE’S NEGOTIATIONS

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT VAEIRA 5784 – EXPLORING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT LECH LECHA 5784 – THE SPIRITUALITY OF WEALTH

Torah Reflections: Conversations on the Weekly Parshah בס”ד Integrating Torah into one’s life through reflection and conversation can be an incredibly fun and engaging experience. It’s a journey of discovery, where ancient wisdom and timeless teachings come to life in our daily experiences. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to… Read More »PARSHAT NOACH 5784: FINDING OUR PLACE IN SHABBAT

בס”ד The eleventh of the 13 principles of faith as articulated by Maimonides, states that G-d rewards those who keep His commandments and punishes those who transgress them. This concept is often used to misconstrue G-d as “vengeful” by other religions. But nothing could be further from the truth. Imagine… Read More »THE OPPORTUNITY OF YOM KIPPUR

בס”ד See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil (Deuteronomy 30:15) …therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed (ibid., verse 19) At some point, there was a trend of people wearing large, white t-shirts with the words “CHOOSE LIFE”… Read More »PARSHAT NITZAVIM – VAYELECH: CHOOSE LIFE

בס”ד “This day, the L-rd your G-d commands you to perform these statutes and these decrees, and you shall observe and perform them with all of your heart and all of your soul” (Deuteronomy 26:16) Since the Torah was given at Mount Sinai, what is meant by “this day the… Read More »PARSHAT KI TAVO – TODAY