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Feb 21, 2025, 9:24 AM

Is Slavery Preferable to the Danger of the Unknown? Parshat Mishpatim

In my weekly class, we finished studying parshat Yitro and began the opening of parshat mishpatim. I’m usually not in sync with the parsha, but this week I was. I pointed out to them that when I was a...

Feb 20, 2025, 4:28 PM

Should We Stay Together for the Kids?

"Should we stay together for the kids?" This isn't a simple question; it's often a heartfelt cry, a silent scream echoing in countless homes, etched on the faces of couples teetering on the edge of separation. It's a question...

Feb 19, 2025, 9:19 PM

Empowering Society for Good: The Timeless Relevance of the Bible

If there is any portion of the Torah, any biblical chapter, any weekly parsha that I would recommend to anyone—Jewish or not—it would be Sefer Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18). It is a masterpiece of law, ethics, and justice, a framework that...

Feb 19, 2025, 8:04 AM

Yitro’s Wisdom: Turning Criticism into Solutions

If you have 30 seconds Whenever someone offers me feedback, the first thing I do is ask: Is this guidance meant to help me improve, or is it simply criticism for its own sake? A powerful example of this distinction comes...

Este Abramowitz

Feb 17, 2025, 11:48 AM

With joy, you will exit – כי בשמחה תצאו

If you have ever heard Yemima Mizrachi speak, you know that her speeches evoke laughter and tears and impart a deeply heartfelt authenticity. In a clip from a few months ago, Rabbanit Yemima, in her honey-sweet voice, discusses the...

Feb 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

Trump’s Bold Moves

B’eH The Parsha is not just a collection of ancient stories and Stories it is a living, breathing guide that mirrors real-time events. When we delve deeply, we find that the weekly Torah portion speaks directly to our current reality. Parshat...

Feb 17, 2025, 12:18 AM

Yitro: Experiencing G-d

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The revelatory moment at Mt. Sinai in which the Jewish people receive the Ten Commandments is central to Jewish history, belief and thought. It is a moment of unique magnificence, marked by G-d’s direct interaction with the Jewish people...

Tzvi Gleiberman

Feb 16, 2025, 4:46 PM

Joining the Bandwagon

Yitro is beyond impressed. He hears about the miracles, the plagues, the splitting of the sea—and he’s all in. He converts to Team Judaism, packs up from his hometown, brings his family, and essentially announces, “I’m with y’all now!”...

Feb 14, 2025, 6:04 PM

Unity Above All, The Israeli Challenge

One of the greatest challenges in Israel these days, besides the grief for the many casualties, and the anguish over the fate of the hostages, is the fragility of our unity. This fragility began before October 7th, as we...

William Hamilton

Feb 14, 2025, 5:37 PM

Emotional pain doesn’t take well to wearing a cast. A broken heart doesn’t heal the same way a fractured forearm does. Actually, such pain grows twice as big when it’s encased, when it’s held inside, when it’s left unshared. This...

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