Matir Asurim

This parsha contains the litany of blessings and curses which accompany observance and rejection of the Torah, respectively. At the end of,...

Ableism.... We value abilities. In ourselves, in our children, in our civilization.  We take pride in accomplishment, in reaching new height...

Another difficult parsha .  I struggled with it all week, and now I need to start working on today's parsha..... so here goes! This c...

There are a few blogs that I follow especially closely.  I have read their stories back to the beginning of the blog, and have been followin...

Seems like a double-meaning on the word  אִמַּצְתָּ . Most translations, both Jewish and Christian , render it as "strengthened"...

We were visiting a friend in Pardes Hanna yesterday, and talked about our tentative plans to one day move back to Israel.  He said, "Li...

After Shabbat dinner with my Israeli aunts, uncles and cousins (and assorted children), we had a lively conversation on a variety of topics,...