All posts by Aaron Sull
Strengths & Weaknesses
This week’s portion starts off with an extremely difficult story to comprehend. The Torah relates that Rivka became pregnant.
A True Win Win
There are many significant components to a Jewish wedding, but what moment is the most important? What is the most
What Are You Living For?
Alexander the Great asked the sages of Israel: “What should a person do so that they should die?” They
A Taste of Infinity
Our Talmudic Sages have taught us a lesson in contrasts. In last week’s Torah portion, Abraham offers his guests
New Technology-Old Technology
Looking around our congregational sanctuary and you will see much in the way of old technology: Torah scrolls, candle sticks,
Giving
After the near-sacrifice of Yitzchok (Isaac), Avraham realizes it is time for Yitzchok to get married. From the sequence
Sensitivity to Others Is Not only For Great Sages, but For All of Us
I spent my first four years of marriage as a member of Ner Israel’s Kollel Avodas Levi. During the
Embrace the Magic of Shabbat
I would like to invite you to join me in the KOT Shabbat Project Challenge. The idea is simple and
The Ten Tests: the Forerunner of the Ten Commandments
Our Sages, in Ethics of the Fathers, state that Abraham was tested ten times and withstood all of them. It
Fetch a Morsel of Bread
“Fetch a morsel of bread…” – from here [we learn that] the righteous say little and do much, and