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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…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VAYECHI EMBRACING INDVIDULAITY WITHIN UNITY BY HENNIE BLACK This week we conclude the first book of the Torah, Bereishit. In this week’s parsha, Vayechi, Yaakov is nearing…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT VAYIGASH STEPPING FORWARD BY HENNIE BLACK In last week’s Torah portion, we ended with a cliffhanger. Yosef’s brothers come down to Egypt in search of food, where…

TORAH TUESDAYS: PARSHAT MIKETZ HOW WILL YOU REDEDICATE YOURSELF THIS CHANUKAH? BY HENNIE BLACK This week’s Torah portion, Miketz, is almost always read on the Shabbat of Chanukah, which is…