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| A Taste of His Own Cooking |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Vayetze: The "pupil" Leah rebuked Jacob when being accused of deceitfulness. She claimed that she learned the lesson of "grabbing" holiness from Jacob himself... |
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| Anatomy of a Curse |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Balak: we might not fear physical threats, but we certainly must be concerned about a world that would deny us the right to express our Jewish souls. |
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| Ascent to the World of Miracles |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Behaalotcha: Hashem sometimes puts us in abnormal and unnatural situations to test our faith and then helps us pass the test with a miracle... |
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| Attention to Details |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Ekev: As opposed to constricting us, the details of Jewish law afford us the ability to grow and develop an awareness of the greatness that lies within each and every act. |
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| Balancing Body and Soul |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Nitzavim: we have been effected by the secular-world view which portrays man as basically driven by instincts. It is truly perplexing: do we have free choice or not? |
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| Beyond Logic |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Mishpatim: Which seems more logical, not to steal or not to eat a cheeseburger? To avoid damaging someone's property or to avoid wearing shatnez? |
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| Including the Red |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Vayikra: The Temple was surely holy, yet the scene of slaughtering animals doesn't seem to capture the picture of spirituality that we might have expected... |
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| Casting Logic Away |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Vayeira: Had Abraham decided to follow his own logic and prodigious intellect, he would have repeated the mistake of Adam all over again... |
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| Clothes Make the Man |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Tetzave: Take a shlemazel, dress him up with a new Brooks Brothers suit, and bingo! - the fellow's ready for corporate America... |
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| Cycles |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Tzav: The cycles of light and dark, day and night, represent the ebb and flow of our lives. Our internal and external worlds are sometimes light, sometimes dark... |
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| Doing What We're Told |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Shmini: Why was the "non-commanded" incense offering of Nadav and Avihu, with all its holy intentions, considered such a serious breach in the Temple service? |
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| Exposing the Ridiculous |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Bo: Jews have a special innate ability to poke fun at things and to notice their internal contradictions, exposing the world's follies for what they truly are... |
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| Givers and Takers |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Nasso: Hashem gives is in order to have a relationship with mankind. Our job is to "give" Hashem the opportunity to share His good... |
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| "Off the Derech" Kids |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| A veteran educator who has helped hundreds of rebellious youth become upright and responsible members of the community, addresses the painful problem of... |
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| Education with Care |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Our children are waiting for us to help them find their way back; not just the kids at risk, but a large group of committed and stable children who are not breaking the rules… |
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