Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. Here’s a thought for the Seder. The Torah has an interesting name for the Seder night. It calls it ‘a night of anticipation for G-d’   (Exodus, 12:42).  A time that G-d was “looking forward” to. For how long? … Since the creation of the universe! Because […]

Hope you’re having a great day. Many Jews may have been wondering at the Seder. “The Exodus?  Splitting of the Sea? Why did G-d stop doing miracles?” … He didn’t! In fact one of His miracles is 61 years old today! Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut.  Israeli Independence Day. Mazal Tov! … Here’s something I think […]

Hi, Here’s something to think about as we sit down to the Seder. …We read about the great Rabbi Akiva and five other Rabbis of the Talmud. How they stayed up all night talking about the Exodus from Egypt. And it’s easy for this story to get overlooked. Especially when everyone smells the delicious food! […]

Hi, Here’s a follow up story to the last Torah Minute. It happened to me. A number of years ago I visited Boston. I saw a local paper with “what’s happening in Boston”. And something caught my eye. “Museum of Science and Industry: Ramsee the Second Exhibit”! What great timing! Ramsee is believed to be […]

Hi, … I wanted to talk about something that millions of Jews are probably very tired of. Matzah! Because the message of Matzah is relevant all year round. But first, a story. … There used to be a product sold in Chicago called Mocha Mix. It was Pareve (non dairy) lactose free and fairly low […]

Hi, … Here’s something I found fascinating. Two secular Israeli archeologists wrote a book. This is a summary of what they said. “In the 13th century B.C.E., Egypt was at the peak of its authority. The dominant world power. Its border fortifications were extremely heavily guarded. Putting aside the possibility of Divinely inspired miracles? One […]

Hi, We’re ready to leave the Book of Exodus. And start Leviticus.  In Hebrew, Vayikra. It’s called Vayikra because of the first word. Vayikra.  “And G-d called to Moshe… (Leviticus, 1:1) … Before we get to the details of the Book? Here’s something small.  With a huge lesson. If you would look at a Torah […]

Hi, Here’s something to think about as we sit down to the Seder. …We read about the great Rabbi Akiva and five other Rabbis of the Talmud. How they stayed up all night talking about the Exodus from Egypt. And it’s easy for this story to get overlooked. Especially when everyone smells the delicious food! […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. The Jews finally leave Egypt.   The sea splits.  The Jews are saved.  And the Egyptians drown. (Exodus, 13:17-15:22) And the Jewish People sing praises to G-d. The song is part of the daily morning service until today. Moshe led the men.  And his sister, Miriam, led the women. […]

Hi, … Here’s something I found fascinating. Two secular Israeli archeologists wrote a book. This is a summary of what they said. “In the 13th century B.C.E., Egypt was at the peak of its authority.  The dominant world power. Its border fortifications were extremely heavily guarded. Putting aside the possibility of Divinely inspired miracles? One […]