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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT….
TORAH PORTION: SHEMINI We all eat and need to feed our families. But how we do so involves many small decisions. Think about being in a supermarket. We all make many decisions there concerning the food we buy. We are inundated by products and need to make decisions based on various factors such as … Continue reading
TREES ENHANCE OUR LIVES….
Torah Portion: TU B’SHEVAT On our daily journeys we pass by so much of value that we barely notice. For instance: trees. Our very lives depend on trees. They provide you with fruit, shade, paper, often the homes we live in, and much of our furniture and other objects that we use on a daily … Continue reading
GROWTH THROUGH FORGIVENESS – RECONCILIATION, NOT REVENGE….
MIKETZ All families experience strife at one point or another. There might be a distancing of siblings, a child angry at a parent, or a parent angry at a child. It’s important that we move past this angry distancing toward reconciliation. In this Torah portion Joseph takes revenge on his brothers for throwing him into … Continue reading
CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER….BUILDING AN ETERNAL BOND
VAYESHEV Sometimes brothers and sisters act in a caring manner and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they tell on one another, and sometimes they defend one another. In order for there to be peace in a household, parents must constantly foster a family culture where brothers and sisters care deeply about one another. In this week’s … Continue reading
STUDY FOR ITS OWN SAKE….
TORAH PORTION: SHAVUOT Parents naturally want their children to do well in school. We are concerned when they, for one reason or another, are not flourishing in school, and this gives us anxiety regarding their futures. We do all we can to address whatever problems or obstacles seem to be in their way. There are times when children feel a great … Continue reading
SCAPEGOATING…
TORAH PORTION: ACHARAY MOT-KEDOSHIM Blaming one another is a tempting human tendency. How much easier it is to place responsibility on another’s shoulders than to accept responsibility for our actions! We like to shift the weight of our own flaws and misdeeds on to another, especially when we have not lived up to our own or … Continue reading
