Parsha

Parshas Vayakhel – The Heart of the Matter

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Rachmanah liba boyeh” “The Merciful One desires the heart.” (Talmud Sanhedrin 106b) To do mitzvos with…

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Parshas Vayakhel–Snowballs and Sacred Moments

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, (Exodus 35:1-38:20) begins on a familiar note. After all, it…

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From Shushan to Gaza

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Though I walk through the valley overshadowed by death, I feel no harm, for You are…

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Parshas Ki Sisa – “The Masked Man”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday…

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Avinoam’s Legacy

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Mishehnichnas Adar, marbim b’simcha. When the month of Adar arrives, we increase our simcha. Does the…

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Parshas Tetzaveh – “Clothes Make the Man”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back…

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Parshas Terumah–Red Poppies

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This past Shabbos, we blessed the new month of Adar. The month we celebrate the miracle…

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Parshas Terumah – “One of the Angels”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My grandmother was one of the angels. Like every Jewish grandmother, she loved each and…

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Parshas Mishpatim – My Pillow

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was the mid-1940s. The horrific days of the Holocaust were coming to a close, yet…

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Parshas Mishpatim – The Stuff of Unity

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word…

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