Two Minutes of Torah: Bo - Taking Responsibility

I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggles with Ikea furniture. It's not that the instructions are not clear, it's more a c...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Va'era - Asking for help

Remember the Titans is one of the great sports movies. It tells the story of a football team in a Virginia High School which was forced to o...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Shemot - Righteous Gentiles in Egypt

At the beginning of 2011, while protests were happening in Egypt against the regime of Hosni Mubarak, a joke did the rounds, which claimed t...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayechi - Taking the good with the bad

I can't remember the first time when I heard the blessing which is given to children, but I know that throughout my youth I was confused...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayigash - Gotta find my purpose

In the musical Avenue Q, the story begins with Princeton, a recent college graduate trying to find his way in the world. He is unsure what h...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Mikketz - A fair swap

When I was at school I remember that the collecting of football (soccer) stickers was very popular amongst us boys. We would buy packets of ...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeishev - Open your eyes

I often wonder if the way that I see colors is the same way that other people view them. Recently I was flying to Israel, on a journey which...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayishlach - Not prayer alone

There is a joke about a man who was in financial difficulty who went to a church to pray that he would win the lottery. A week went by, and ...

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