Author: Miriam Perl

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT PEKUDEI CELEBRATE THE BEST OF YOU BY HENNIE BLACK The Mishkan is finally completed in this week’s parsha of Pekudei.The parsha is an almost verbatim repetition to…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VAYAKHEL IN THE MERIT OF THE RIGHTEOUS WOMEN BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha of Vayakhel, we learn of the women’s devotion through the kiyor -…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT KI TISA BY HENNIE BLACK THERE IS NOTHING MORE WHOLE THAN A BROKEN HEART The infamous sin of the Golden Calf is discussed in this week’s Torah…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT TERUMAH BY HENNIE BLACK HOW DO WE MEASURE UP? In this week’s Torah portion of Terumah, we learn about the architecture and design of the mishkan, the…

TORAH TUESDAYS PARSHAT MISHPATIM BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha of Mishpatim, the role of the ear plays prominently. That’s right, the ear. From piercings to its function of…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT YITRO BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha, Yitro, we read one of the most well-known accounts written in the Torah: God’s giving the 10 commandments to…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BESHALACH BY HENNIE BLACK Parshat Beshalach tells the story of the Jewish people’s taste for freedom after more than 200 hundreds years of slavery. They cross the…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BO G-D IS HERE BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha, entitled “Bo,” the last three of the ten plagues occur, which finally lead to Pharaoh’s submitting…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VA'ERA MOSHE'S GRATITUDE TO THE NILE BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s parsha of Va’era, we are introduced to the first seven of ten plagues that G-d…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT SHEMOT WHAT'S IN A NAME? BY HENNIE BLACK This week we begin the second book of the Torah with Shemot, meaning "names."  A name reflects the essence…