Author: Miriam Perl

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BAMIDBAR BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s Torah portion of BAMDBAR, WE LOOK AT TWO QUALITIES—SUGGESTED BY THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE DESERT AND THE CENSUS—THAT WILL…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT BEHAR BECHUKOTAI BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s Torah portion of BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI, WE LOOK AT THE COMMANDEMENT OF SHMITAH, THE 7 YEAR AGRICULTURAL CYCLE, WHEN WE LEAVE…

TORAH TUESDAYS: ACHAREI MOT-KEDOSHIM BY HENNIE BLACK In this week’s Torah portion of Acharei mot-kedoshim, we look at the concept of holiness. we are called upon to "be holy."but what exactly…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT TAZRIAH-METZORAH BY HENNIE BLACK IN THIS WEEK'S PARSHA, WE LOOK AT THE STRANGE AFFLICTION CALLED TZARA'AT, WHICH COULD APPEAR ON ONE'S SKIN, HOUSE OR CLOTHES. THE TORAH…

EMPTY CEMETERIES AND JEWISH SOVEREIGNTY BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN Rabbi Moshe Taragin On Yom Hazikaron- Israel Memorial Day- I sense the great sacrifice of Jews in returning to our homeland…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT SHMINI BY HENNIE BLACK IN THIS WEEK'S PARSHA, WE LOOK AT THE UNTIMELY DEATHS OF TWO OF AHARON'S SONS, NADAV AND AVIHU, WHILE THEY BROUGHT INCENSE ON…

THE POWER OF ONE THE LESSON OF THE 4 SONS BY RABBI GLENN BLACK Rabbi Glenn Black, CEO, NCSY Canada & Torah High in today's fractured world, we need to…

THE BITTER PATH TO MEANING BY PARKER HAN Parker Han, NCSY teen and student at Westmount Collegiate THE MARROR ON THE SEDER PLATE IS MEANT TO EVOKE THE PAIN OF BEING…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA LOOKS AT WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERBATIM REPETITION OF PREVIOUS PARSHIOT WHEN MOSHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO BUILD THE MISHKAN.…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT KI TISA BY HENNIE BLACK tHIS WEEK'S PARSHA LOOKS AT THE LESSONS  that can be learned from the timing of what is revealed about the tablets.when they…