Parshat Mikeitz
Our children are a source of radiance and bracha in our lives. They come into this world with the spark of Hashem, which nurtured by an education filled with wonder and joy,…
Parshat Toldot
Nature versus nurture is the age-old debate whether our traits, personal characteristics, and even our future potential are predestined by our genetic, inborn nature or shaped primarily by the environment in which…
Parshat Vayera
There is a phrase that resonates written on a mug gifted to me by a mentor. It reads, “Who you are is more important than what you know.”
Parshat Noach
We often look to Parshat Noach for the enduring lessons of emunah, but the parsha also offers profound insight into how best to nurture and educate our children, the next generation of…
Parshat Ki Tavo
What does it mean to truly listen to someone? Did you hear what I said? What did I ask you to do? How many of us have asked those questions of our…
Parshat Shelach
As our students head off for summer break, this week’s parsha, Sh’lach, offers us some of the most important lessons of childhood. The parsha tells the dramatic story of the twelve spies…
Parshat Bamidbar
We’ve been counting the Omer for the past several weeks in our excitement to receive the Torah, but did you ever wonder what the Omer has to do with it? The “Omer”…
Parshat Emor
Parshat Emor teaches us that by intentionally creating sacred time and space on Shabbat and the shalosh regalim separate and apart from the daily routines of life, we bring kedusha into our…
Parshat Vayikra
The first pasuk in Parshat Vayikra says וַיִּקְרָ֖א אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר ה’ אֵלָ֔יו מֵאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר׃ Hashem called to Moshe and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: Rashi teaches us…
Parshat Vayakhel
Parshat Vayakhel begins with Moshe engaging every member of Bnai Yisrael in the building of the Mishkan. He asks them to donate gifts of gold, silver, copper, precious stones, fine linen, wood,…