Have you ever walked into a kitchen on Pesach and thought you’re on a spaceship? Ever wondered why and how to properly clean your house from Chametz? Or even what chametz is? Join me as we go through the prohibitions of Chametz (leavened bread) on Pesach and how to prepare your house properly (read: create…

Purim and Pesach seem like such different holidays. One celebrates G-d’s explicit overriding nature with the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt and the other celebrates G-d functioning from behind the curtain, from within nature. Yet, we find multiple examples in the writings of our sages that connect these two holidays. What’s the commonality? Join…

Isn’t it shocking that a mere 40 days after experiencing the most personal and deep connection to G-d in the history of the world, the Sinai experience, they’d throw G-d aside for an idol? How do we make sense of this? These Jews experienced the 10 plagues in Egypt and the splitting of the sea,…

Why do we do so many unique actions on Purim? Why do we distribute money to poor? Food gifts to friends? Dress up in costumes? Hear the story of Esther twice? Drunken feast? What is Purim really all about? Join me as we uncover, through the verses in the Megila, the underlying theme of Jewish…

Did you ever wonder why almost half of the book of Exodus, which is described as the book of redemption, discusses the building of the Tabernacle? What’s the Tabernacle’s role in the Jewish people. Was it just a grand synagogue? A place to pray and serve G-d? Or did it have a higher function? Join…

Purim is rapidly approaching, and there are so many amazing lessons to glean from the Purim story. Today, I focus on one of the less spoken about lessons; Haman’s great flaw that brought about his demise, which paralleled the mistake that Adam made in the Garden of Eden. If we can learn from their mistake,…

Do you ever feel restricted by all of the commandments that exist in Judaism? Is the primary focus of Judaism supposed to be purely observance of the commandments or is that just a piece that fits into a higher calling? Join me as we dive deep and reframe what the role of Mitzvahs is in…

Did you know that there are 6 events that Jews are supposed to remember daily? Number 2 on the list, is remembering our ancestors standing at the foot of Mount Sinai. Why isn’t the focus to remember receiving the Torah? Why is it to remember the standing at the Mountain? What was actually the most…

Does the Torah allow us to restrict individual rights for the betterment of society? Where do we draw the line between freedom and safety? With three kids home in quarantine, having classmates who tested positive for Covid-19, I figured it’s a good time to discuss the Torah’s perspective on quarantine. The Torah study that results…

Tu Bi’Shevat is the Jewish holiday celebrating the New Years for the trees. Why do we celebrate trees by eating fruit? Why don’t we take branches or flowers into our homes? Why does the Torah call children “fruit of the womb”? Why does Kabbalah call our world the “fruit of the spiritual world”? What does…