Tag: Torah Portion
The secret of Jewish survival
We are the wandering Jews. Sometimes, I am also a wondering Jew. I wonder how we have survived as a people with the very same values and traditions that have been our legacy for...
Small is great
Ted Turner is reputed to have said, "If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect." Those who knew him believed he was serious.
Another great man said something similar: “If there’s one thing...
Jewish immortality
One of the final stops on our shul’s tour of Israel, which ended this week, was the Chain of Generations exhibition at the Western Wall Tunnels. Like all the museums we visited, it was...
Minority rules
In democracies as well as in Jewish law, the majority rules. A beit din (“rabbinical court”) must always consist of an odd number of judges, lest there be a hung jury.
But the fact is, sometimes the...