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