PARSHAS BEREISHIS

Doing What’s Good and What’s Right – Parshas Re’eh
“I don’t care what anyone else thinks, I do what I know is right!” Ever come across someone with this attitude? Have any friends or relatives like that? Strong minded. Not easily swayed by trends and fads. A person of principle. While such people are usually not exactly the warm and fuzzy types, making them […]
Day 23 – Holy War
Positive Word Power When Avraham was 19, he went to Israel with a group of friends to learn in a yeshivah there. Once the school year got underway, however, Avraham and his friends seemed to part ways. Avraham fell in love with learning. He spent every spare moment in the Beis Medrash, taking on extra […]
A Is For Appreciation – Parshas Ki Saitzai
Day 22 – Ha-Ha
Positive Word Power The Mendelson family had a quirky sense of humor. They loved to tease one another and were masterful mimics who could quickly capture other people’s mannerisms and speech patterns or simply launch into characters they had created themselves. These “routines” and family jokes wove their way into their conversations whenever the whole […]
The Flavor of Judaism – Parshas Shoftim
Day 21 –Getting in Gear
Positive Word Power Gitty always puts her cup right at the edge of the table. If her mother notices, she will remind the child to move it back to a safer spot. If not, she will clean up yet another spill. Why doesn’t Gitty ever learn, her mother wonders. Gitty’s mother is exhausted from a […]
Of Reconciliation and Consolation – Shabbos Nachamu
Immersive Judaism – Parshas Mattos Massei