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Jun 9, 2026, 8:54 PM

Should ‘Onn Ben Pelet’ be a Role Model?

My children completely disagree with me about the 'Role Model' this week, and it has sparked a great deal of discussion in the house. How could I possibly pick Onn Ben Pelet? Firstly, he is hardly a conventional Role...

Jun 6, 2026, 12:11 AM

From the Cemetery to the Maternity Ward

This Monday, I drove from one end of the universe to the other. Not literally, of course. I was only driving a few short miles from the cemetery, where I had just completed a funeral, and heading straight back to...

Eliezer Avraham

Jun 5, 2026, 7:39 PM

Beha’alotecha and the Journey of a Father’s Heart

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When love is misunderstood, when distance grows, and when hope refuses to die Beha’alotecha: When the Heart Carries More Than It Can Hold In Parashat Beha’alotecha, Moses reaches a breaking point. The people misunderstand him, reject the manna he believed would...

Jun 5, 2026, 7:35 PM

Parshas Behaaloscha: Heavy Lifting

וְהֵנִיף֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֤ם תְּנוּפָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָי֕וּ לַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֥ת יְהֹוָֽה׃ and let Aaron wave the Levites before Hashem as an elevation offering from the Israelites, that they may perform the service of Hashem. The midrash explains...

Alexander Seinfeld

Jun 5, 2026, 5:49 PM

Is Complaining Ever Justified?

I know someone who wanted to kick the habit of complaining. What did he do? Every day, he updated a line in his email signature: "___ days of no complaining." That's called accountability. And it suggests a couple questions for your Shabbat table: 1....

William Hamilton

Jun 5, 2026, 5:47 PM

An Ouch That Became Healing

“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were. Everything was harder for 20-year-old Yotam who grew up struggling with many...

Jun 5, 2026, 6:21 AM

Beyond the Fringe (Shelach Lecha, Covenant & Conversation)

Our Torah portion ends with one of the great commands of Judaism – tzitzit, the fringes worn on the corners of our garments as a perennial reminder of our identity as Jews and our obligation to keep the Torah’s commands: The...

Jun 4, 2026, 10:48 PM

At the Word of Hashem – Parsha Beha’alotcha 5786

Numbers 9:23: על פי יהוה יחנו ועל פי יהוה יסעו את משמרת יהוה שמרו על פי יהוה ביד משה "At the Lord's bidding they would encamp, and at the Lord's bidding they would travel; they kept the charge of the...

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Jun 4, 2026, 10:17 PM

From Blois to Beha’alotcha: The Lamps That Will Never Go Out

This week on Friday Erev Shabbos, the calendar brings us to the 20th of Sivan on Erev Shabbos. While it is no longer widely observed as a ta'anit tzibbur in our day, for centuries it occupied a significant place...

Jun 4, 2026, 10:37 AM

Shalom Brothers: The Male Capacity to Nurture (B’haalotekhah)

When I became a father for the first time, like many men, I had no idea what I was doing. Short of helping create an actual human being, I had no real understanding of how to care for that...

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