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  This week, we begin the book of Shmot (Exodus) and the narrative of the Egyptian exile and servitude. Rabbi

  Timing is so important and we learn this from our forefather Ya’akov in his decision to give his children

  As we light the menorah, we sing: Throughout the eight days of Chanukah, these lights are sacred, and we

And his [Joseph’s] brothers saw that their father [Jacob] loved him mora than all his brothers, so they hated him,

  How do we create a more meaningful prayer service? This was the essence of a number of conversations I

  In 1908, Yerkes and Dodson studied how mice reacted to electric shocks as motivators. They found that if the

  We are about to enter the Jewish month of Kislev. In the Tanach, Kislev is referred to as the

Joyce Fienberg, 75 Richard Gottfried, 65 Rose Mallinger, 97 Jerry Rabinowitz, 66 Cecil Rosenthal, 59 David Rosenthal, 54 Bernice Simon,

What is the Jewish mission statement? What is our  task here on earth as Jews?   In the parsha, we

  In honor of our first matriarch, Sarah, introduced in this week’s Parsha, here is a beautiful piece from a