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Spies. The word invokes images of self-assured people who are willing to risk their lives on behalf of their country. Before the Children of Israel… Read More »Bug Eyes

The Western world, the culture we live in, has considerable difficulty with the concept of sexual intimacy. One indication is the culture’s obsession with the… Read More »Men and Women in Jewish Relationships Part I

QUESTION 79: WHEN OTHER STUDENTS USE A STOLEN TEST I’m a university student, and I’ve been in several classes where the test marks are curved.… Read More »When Other Students Use a Stolen Test

During Kedusha, we mimic the song that the angels sing to Hashem each day. Aside from the Kedusha that we say during the repetition of… Read More »Angelic Praise

I never knew how it would end; in fact, I rarely thought about the fact that it would. For several years I wrote about Tehillim,… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Fifty

“I will be in his eyes k’metate’ah (like an impostor).” (Bereshith 27:12) Since Yaakov was posing as Esav, if his father caught him he would… Read More »Power Struggle

Yossi ben (son of) Yochanan of Jerusalem said: Let your house be open wide, let the poor be members of your household, and do not… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 5(b): Marriage and the Dark Side of the Force

This was the form of the Menorah: hammered work of gold, from its base to its flower it was hammered work; according to the form… Read More »…And the Rest is History

This week Parshas Shlach is read in Eretz Yisroel {the Land of Israel} while Parshas B’haaloscha is read outside the Land of Israel. I am… Read More »Let Your Light Shine Through

Aaron felt slighted. The princes of the tribes had all brought offerings in honor of the dedication of the Mishkan, while he had been omitted… Read More »The Repetitive Trap