Ki Teitzei, 5776 Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 This is not going to be a comfortable dvar torah. There are going to be parts of it that address some worldly ugliness which keeps rearing it’s head. There are adult themes in it which I will endeavour to handle as delicately...
3/2/2020 I’m adding a few elaborations on this. Monique Alvarez is now going by the name Adriana Monique Alvarez. She has expanded to running women entrepreneur groups, has written a few books, and, at the time of this writing, is heavily advertising on...
VaYishlach is Genesis 32:4-36:43 Many of the more important parshot of our Torah have a genealogy in them. Whether the portion is outwardly important, such as Shemot with the 10 plagues having Moses’ genealogy in the middle of it, Bereshit with the lineage of the very...
Today’s parashah is crucial. It is the foundation of modern civilization, both in the US and in almost any government elected by and from its citizens. It also teaches that humility is not a weakness, and forcefulness is not strength. A few highlights from Shoftim is...
Sometimes it’s hard to get a bearing on why we have to do terrible things. It’s hard to understand the necessity of conquering, killing, and destroying a city just for us to inhabit it. Much like Pinchas ending the plague by killing Cozbi and Zimri, Canaan needed to...
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