Two Minutes of Torah: Vayigash - More Than Words

Sometimes it's hard to know what the right words are to say.  In a person’s life it can be especially difficult at powerful and import...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeshev - Concern for Others

Pastor Martin Niemoller, who was a German Protestant pastor and a critic of Nazi Germany, is perhaps best known for his poem: First th...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayetzei - Divine Karma

It would be nice to imagine that our world works according to the principles of karma; that people's good actions would be rewarded, an...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Matot-Masei - Responsibility for others

In one of my favorite scenes in the original Star Wars movie, and I’m sorry if I’m spoiling it for anyone, Han Solo returns to save Luke Sk...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayechi - Brotherly Love

In my teenage years, I often had a curfew by which the time I was expected to be home on the weekend.  Often, when I knew I wasn’t going to...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayigash - Tears of Joy

On more than one occasion I’ve been in trouble with my wife for asking her the question – why are you crying?  Most notably it happened jus...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeishev - The Nearly Man

Our Torah is filled with wonderful stories of heroes, villains and larger than life characters.  We can all think about who our favorite bi...

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Two Minutes of Torah: Toldot - Frozen Relationships

Right now, my daughter Gabby is obsessed with the movie Frozen.  This means that I end up watching some, or all, of the movie, on average, ...

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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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