What Does the Exodus Have to Do With It?
Usually, we classify the mitzvot, commandments, of the Torah into commandments that pertain to our relationship…
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Divine Destiny and Egyptian Guilt
One of the famous questions that is asked regarding the Exodus from Egypt and the whole…
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Whitewashing History in 2019
I recently gave a class on a Thursday night at a shul in Monsey on Forshay…
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Jewish Beauty and Greek Beauty
According to the Getty Museum ancient sculptors used canons—sets of “perfect” mathematical ratios and proportions—to depict…
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Chanuka is Not the Fourth of July
Many people think that Chanukah is type of a festival of political independence, freedom fighters,…
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In Appreciation of Winter
As a young boy growing up in Melbourne, Australia, fall was almost non-existent and winter only…
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The Tragedy of Translation
As we enter the month of Kislev, and the weather turns colder, we start thinking about…
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Aquariums and Ikarim
I am reading “Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology” to prepare for my upcoming Torah Safaris of…
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Expensive Real Estate Indeed – Hebron and the Cave of Machpelah
One of the earliest recorded purchases of land was Abraham’s purchase of the Machpelah cave and…
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The Need to Know
It is clear from the Torah that there are obligations of the intellect as well as…
