In Parshat Terumah, God reveals to Moshe the instruction manual for building the Mishkan. The manual contains details…lots of them.…
Category: Torah
Life's Night and Day (Long)
Torah describes Jacob’s flight from his twin brother Esau as one long day. Jacob impersonates Esau and steals his brother’s…
Animal Magic
A dvar Torah for Parshat Bo. A dream: I am walking through a sliding glass door to someone’s backyard pool. The…
Reality
“Are colours real?” Eli asks. We sit atop Fay Canyon in Sedona. Eli marvels at the dramatic changes he sees…
Judith: Hanukah Heroine in Art & Imagination
Judith. A story written 2100 years ago, set in the time of the Maccabean revolt… General Holofernes and his army…
Business Ethics Don'ts
How not to be ethical in business: cause a problem, and then require people to pay you to solve it. This week,…
Economic Enslavement
When the famine becomes severe in Egypt, Joseph allows the Egyptians to buy back the grain they were required to…
Let a Wise One Guide
Pharaoh dreams. Seven emaciated cows eat seven healthy ones. Then, seven lean ears of corn eating seven plump ones. Joseph…
Keep the Han in Hanukkah
WARNING: LIGHT HUMOUR TO FOLLOW Sung to the tune of American Pie Long long time ago, in a galaxy far…