This week's Torah portion discusses the annulment of vows. So when we say Kol Nidrei on Yom Kippur, what types of vows can and can't we wipe out? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MorePinchas' act of zealotry in Numbers chapter 25 earns him the priesthood. But it also casts new light on a prior scene involving his tribe of Levi and the tribe of Shimon back in Genesis chapter 34. Tune in for details... View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreLong before Voldemort and Saruman uttered their first fictional curses, the Jewish people faced off against the real-life sorcerer, Balaam. Balaam's plan to curse the Jews failed when G-d turned his curses into blessings. But do coerced blessings ever take effect? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreThe Jews are bitten by snakes after complaining again in the desert. At G-d's instruction, Moses builds a copper snake so that the Jews can look at it and be healed. What message was G- d trying to send to them - and to us - and how can that message help keep us healthy? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreKorach is joined in his rebellion by Moses' life-long antagonists, Doson and Aviram. Will Moses jump at his big chance to get rid of them forever? Would you? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreThe Jews are told they have to spend an additional 40 years wandering in the desert. But was this really a punishment? The answer may make you think twice about what you wish for... View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreAaron was upset that he and his tribe did not get to donate offerings for the inauguration of the Altar. G-d cheered him up by reassuring him hat he would get to light the Menorah. Was Aaron jealous? And if not, what was going on? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreIs youth wasted on the young? Or is G-d sending us a coded message as we age? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreChapter 26 of Leviticus describes the magnificent rewards that await us if we study and observe the Torah (and the terrible punishments if we don't). But why are the rewards mostly physical rather than spiritual? View this video directly on VIMEO
Read MoreMankind was created in the image of G-d - a lesson worth remembering as we stand up to terrorism. View this video directly on VIMEO
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