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Dvar on Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha – How Two Laughs Shaped Yitzchok’s Soul
Yitzchak’s name means laughter, but whose laughter shaped him more? Sometimes the deepest lessons we pass down aren’t our words, they’re our reactions.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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The One Word that Transforms Prayer: Why God’s Return Depends on You
Does Hashem really care about you? The Piacezna Rebbe says yes — and the proof is hidden in a single Hebrew word: “Ata” (You). Every time you pray, that word makes God present in a way that only yo…
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September 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Parshas Shoftim
From Oedipus to Terminator: Why the Torah Says You Shouldn’t Outsmart the Future
Oedipus, Terminator, Harry Potter — all show how trying to outsmart the future backfires. Shoftim says the same: “Be tamim with Hashem.” The real freedom isn’t knowing tomorrow — it’s trusting toda…
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August 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Why the Torah Says a Positive Outlook Won’t Fix Real Problems
Gratitude is easy. Action is hard. That’s why the Torah insists that seeing blessing means being a blessing.
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August 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Aharon Died on the First of Av. Where Did the Love Go?
Aharon the priest ascended Mount Hor at God’s bidding and died there, on the first day of the fifth month in the 40th year of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. (Bamidbar 33:38) Parshas Masei recal…
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July 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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What is prophecy and do the Simpsons have it?
Prophecy: What is it, Who gets it, and do The Simpsons have it? — By Ben
The Simpsons has predicted the future multiple times. They predicted a Trump presidency in the year 2000. They predicted the annoying autocorrect feature we’d all struggle with back in 1994. …
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June 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Acharei Mos – Does Judaism believe in Satan? (Updated) — By Ben
This article was originally posted 4/26/2018 – A new ending has been added. This week’s parsha details a bizarre ritual the Jews were to perform on Yom Kippur. Basically they took two identic…
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May 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Tazria Metzora – Niddah and the Paradox of Purity — By Ben
Unclean. Contaminated. Filth. Shameful. Corrupt. Defiled. Profane. Desecrated. These are what we think of when we hear the word impure. So when the Torah labels a woman as “impure” duri…
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May 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Shemini – Aharon’s Surviving Sons: Humility in the Face of Fire — By Ben
Parsha Shimini is known for the deaths of Aharon’s oldest sons, Nadav and Avihu. With the inauguration of the Mishkan (the portable Temple also known as the Tabernacle) Aharon and his four so…
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April 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Counting Wrong, Desperate Uncertainty: Purim and the Golden Calf — By Ben
It’s an odd thing that the holiday of Purim is celebrated around the time we read Parshas Ki Sisa, the Torah portion that features the sin of the golden calf. Quite a juxtaposition celebrating the …
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March 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Parsha Zachor. The greatest trick the devil pulled WASN'T convincing the world he didn't exist.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Kavod and the Mishkan: Why Does an Infinite God Seek Honor? — By Ben
Parsha Terumah is the first of many Torah portions dealing with the building of the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary and prototype of what will eventually become the Beit Hamikdash (aka The Temple.)…
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February 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Mishpatim
Mishpatim & Milk: When Generosity Becomes Control — By Ben
The word Mishpatim usually refers to civil laws, meaning the laws that govern society that make sense. Judges shouldn’t take bribes, if you damage someone’s property you should compensate them, etc…
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February 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Parsha post on Yisro
Yisro: Why do a Traitor, a Zealot, Dictator, and a non-Jewish Priest get Torah portions named after them? — By Ben
There are only a handful of Torah portions named after individuals. Noach, Yisro, Korach, Balak, Pinchas, and if you want to get technical, Chaya Sarah. Putting Chaya Sarah aside (since she’s not a…
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February 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Is your life a joke? Or are you in on it?

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Man Plans, God Laughs: Life is a Joke – Are You in on It? — By Ben
The person who runs away from a prophecy ends up running right into it.  It’s probably the most cliché plot device in all of storytelling. Oedipus Rex. Return of the King. The majority of time trav…
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February 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Parsha Bo: Rosh Hashanah is in the Seventh Month?! — By Ben
In parshas Bo, God gives the Jewish people their first official Mitzvah, God said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, [showing them the new moon:] “This renewal will signal the beginning of every new mont…
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January 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Does Vaeira start with a major contradiction?
Contradiction In Name — By Ben
Parsha Vaeira begins, “God [Elohim] spoke to Moses and said to him, ‘I am Hashem [YKVK]. I revealed [Vaeira] Myself to Avraham, Yitzchok, and Yaakov as the Almighty [El Shaddai], but My Name Hashem…
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January 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Blog post on Shemos
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Moses, a Giant Snake, and a Bris: The Story They Don’t Tell You in Hebrew School — By Ben
The narrative of the Exodus is quite possibly the most well known Bible story after Adam and Eve in the Garden and Noah’s Ark. Whether you’re a fan of the Charlton Heston version or you…
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January 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Vayechi – End of Days, Don’t Read Ahead — By Ben
Yaakov called for his sons and said, “Gather around and I will tell you what will happen to you in the end of days. Come together and listen, sons of Yaakov; listen to Yisrael, your father.” (Berei…
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January 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Blog post on Vayigash

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Speechless Yet Blessed: The Profound Lesson of “I am Yosef” — By Ben
Vayigash begins with the sons of Yaakov about to go to war against the highest ranking official in all of Egypt, having no idea this official is their long lost brother, Yosef. Yehudah steps up to …
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January 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Ben contributes to Table for Five this week at @jewishjournal.bsky.social
Miketz: Joseph The Righteous
The Divine Within
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December 27, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Our Chanukah post is up!
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Chanukah – Pushing Past the One Jar — By Ben
As we celebrate Chanukah, everyone knows that lighting the Menorah is the main part of the celebration. But why such a focus on the lights? Our ancestors, the Maccabees fought a grueling and seemin…
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December 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Great Chanukah gift idea!

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🕎 HANUKKAH PAJAMAKKAHS - Read Aloud with the Author | Brightly Storytime
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December 12, 2024 at 3:59 AM
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Vayishlach

Yaakov reunites with his brother Esav who is surrounded by 400 men. Why 400? The gematria of the final letter of the alphabet ת is 400 symbolizing Yaakov's mastery of all of Torah.
December 10, 2024 at 1:49 PM