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Kindness is gentle. Faith is fierce. Kindness is soft. Faith is inflexible. Kindness is accommodating. Faith is dogmatic. Does this mean that a person cannot… Read More »The Kindness Factor

For the last seven years, I have patterned this d’var Torah in a standard way. I quote a verse, ask a question and then relate… Read More »Suicide Moms

Do not seek greatness for yourself and do not crave honor. Do more than you have studied and do not desire the ‘table’ of kings.… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 5(a): The Primordial Sin – Part I

This week we read the parsha of Noach. Noach’s generation was steeped in many egregious sins, with the lack of respect for others, manifested by… Read More »The Gift of Meat

The parsha chronicles the continuation of the downward spiral of man’s behavior as it evolved from the beginning of creation. We read of Kayin and… Read More »Dissections and Connections

And HASHEM saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time.… Read More »The Whole World Was Created

RASHI LAST WEEK brought a disagreement about the basis of Noach’s name: He named him Noach, saying, “This one will give us rest from our… Read More »Comforting

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1309 – Dilemma of Day… Read More »Definition of Tzadik Tamim

At the end of some time, Kayin brought an offering to Hashem of the fruit of the ground.[1] Chazal tell us that Kayin poorly managed… Read More »Why Not Mangos?

As we begin this Shabbos to start reading the Torah afresh, let us take note of the cycle we have just completed. We have come… Read More »Concentric Circles: Contrasting Worlds