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TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT TETZAVEH BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA LOOKS AT THE CLOTHING OF THE KOHANIM, THE PRIESTS, WHO SERVED IN THE MISHKAN. HOW IMPORTANT are THE CLOTHES OF THE…

Author: Jody Berkel GROW THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WITH JODY BERKEL: PURIM EDITION I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES We all want to a live a life full of joy. And although the…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT TERUMAH BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA LOOKS AT THE LESSONS THAT CAN BE DRAWN FROM HASHEM'S CALL TO MOSHE TO MAKE THE MENORAH. ESTHER FROM THE…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT MISHPATIM DO THE DETAILS REALLY MATTER? BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA DISCUSSES AN ABUNDANCE OF LAWS THAT MIGHT SEEM TRIVIAL AND UNIMPORTANT. TODAY WE LOOK AT THE…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT YITRO BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA BRINGS US THE STORY OF THE GIVING OF THE TORAH- WHAT CAN BE ARGUED IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN…

LESSONS FROM THE TALL BAMBOO TREE TU B'SHVAT MESSAGE BY RABBI GLENN BLACK It’s cold outside, the wind blows, and the snow swirls or lies in hard compact layers on…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BESHALACH BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s Torah portion of Beshalach, the Jewish people find themselves at a roadblock--the Sea of Reeds are ahead of them and…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BO BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha, Bo, we learn about the exodus from Egypt and the freedom of the Jewish people from 210 years of…

By Hennie Black TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VA'ERA In this week’s parsha, Va’era, Hashem reassures Moshe of the imminent redemption from Egypt. Moshe passes on this message to the Jewish people…

By Hennie Black TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT SHEMOT  In this week’s Torah portion of Shemot, the Jewish people in Egypt are multiplying in great number. Pharoah feels threatened by their growth…