The story in the Torah is about a physical journey.This is a spiritual one, a journey of self-discovery and a journey within
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Looking Good At 40
The number 40 has significance throughout the Torah, and the Talmud. For example, when a person becomes ritually impure, he must go to a ritual bath, a Mikveh. The Talmud tells us that a Mikveh must be filled with 40 measures of water, and a person, must completely submerse himself in it. After being submersed, he leaves the Mikveh ritually pure. It is no accident, that in the story of Noah, the rain poured for 40 days, and surrounded the world with water. And just as a person leaves a Mikveh pu
Drinking the Magic Potion in Parashat Naso
This week’s Torah portion contains one of the most troubling stories. In it, the Torah recounts the procedures a jealous husband who suspects his wife of having committed adultery may bring her before the priests to submit to a trial by ordeal—a procedure for judging an individual’s innocence or guilt by subjecting her to a physical test. In this trial, the accused woman is forced to drink a potion made from sacred water, dirt from the Tabernacle floor, and the written curses containing Go
Summer Camp and The Lanyard
Yes, it’s almost here. I can almost smell it.S’mores, Campfires, those secrets with our sisters….archery, canoe races, Color War, playing air guitar with a tennis racquet.Summer Camp…what
