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• April 29, 2020 You Shall Be Holy For I Am Holy – Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

  How can I possibly be holy if I don’t know what holiness is?

• April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 The Spiritual Side of Baldness – Tazria-Metzora

  If baldness is good, why can’t I take a razor to my head?

• April 16, 2020 When No Answer Is The Only Answer – Shemini

  Aaron lost two sons and God did not explain why.

• April 8, 2020 Stiff-Necked and Proud of It! – Passover Shabbat

  Did God forgive the the sin of the Jewish people despite our stiff-neckedness or because of it?

• April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 The Wicked Son and Passover

  Nobody like to be called the wicked son on Passover. Is the label ever deserved?

• March 25, 2020 The Simplest Offering Was Not So Simple – Vayikra

  Bringing an offering to the Temple was within the means of even the poorest people, but bringing it correctly required attentiveness.

• March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Keep Shabbos or Else! – Vayakhel

  Shabbos is so beautiful and peaceful. Does it need a death penalty to be enforced?

• March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 The Moment When All Were Equal – Ki Tisa

  Every Jew was required to give a half-shekel, no more, no less. Why?

• March 4, 2020 The High Priest’s Hotline to Heaven – Tetzaveh

  When faced with a tough choice affecting the nation, the High Priest could consult a supernatural device that gave infallible answers.

• February 26, 2020March 4, 2020 The Angels on the Ark – Terumah

  Why would God command us to make prohibited sculptures on the holiest object in the Holy Temple?

• February 19, 2020February 24, 2020 The Willing Slave – Mishpatim

  The indentured servant can choose to remain a slave, but not forever.

• February 12, 2020February 24, 2020 The Commandment Everyone Violates – Yitro

  Did God command us to stop an unstoppable feeling?