A Passover Story?

This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled parsha (weekly Torah reading) and read about Pesach (Passover).  Last year I shared some insights on Passover and you can read them here. This year I want to share a story.  It takes place a few hundred years ago in a small town in Russia.  It was your usual Jewish village with a rabbi and a couple of beggars, lots of children and poor people, and a wealthy miser. This … Continue reading

Parsha Key Taytzay: A Torah of War

We are coming down to the wire and the Torah portions are fast and furious.  This week we read from the parsha (Torah portion) called Key taytzay which means when you go out.  Our parsha starts out talking about what happens when we go out to war and find a beautiful woman among the captives.  This leads into a bit regarding a man having two wives, one whom he loves and the other he hates, and if the hated wife’s … Continue reading