Category: Torah Portions
THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING
The admonition against ‘sheker’ that appears in the midst of Mishpatim is strangely phrased: ‘distance... Read More
STAYING FOCUSED ON THE POSITIVE
Once again we are all reeling from horrific news coming out of Israel. A couple... Read More
DO CHILDREN SUFFER FOR THEIR PARENTS’ SINS?
Rabbi Dunner looks at an extremely strange statement in the Ten Commandments: For I am... Read More
AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER
Water has been in the news a lot this week. In Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder... Read More
LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
Last Sunday, a whole group of us from Beverly Hills Synagogue went to visit the... Read More
MOSES, PHARAOH, AND THE LAST THREE PLAGUES
Parshat Bo contains the last three of the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt in the... Read More
GOD’S BLUEPRINT FOR JEWISH IDENTITY
I have not read Dorit Rabinyan’s book ‘Borderlife’, and I’m pretty sure I never will.... Read More
THE CONTRADICTIONS OF GREAT LEADERSHIP
As we enter the year 2016 our attention is constantly distracted by the U.S. presidential... Read More