Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! Jews all over the world just celebrated Purim. And we read the Book of Esther, the Megillah. There’s something very strange about the Book. It doesn’t mention G-d.  Not even once. Because the Megillah talks about a different kind of miracle. No splitting of the sea like […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Before I get to Purim? Nobel Prizes were awarded at the end of 2011. And, as usual, the question was raised. How many Jews? The answer? Five out of thirteen! And as usual, another question was raised. What percentage of the world’s population is Jewish? The answer? […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. The holiday of Purim is behind us. And as important as the celebration of a Jewish holiday is? It’s also important that we take something with us. That are lives are somehow different. Here’s something I was thinking about on Purim. And something I hope to think about […]

Hope you’re having a great day. We just celebrated Purim. Now on to Passover! And this Torah Minute is about both. … It’s something I shared at the CTN Purim celebration. There happened to be a number of Jews from the formerSoviet Union. And when I see such Jews taking part in Jewish life? It […]

Hi, I may have been in a position to comment on the Super Bowl. But the Oscars? Forget it! … I do know about one Oscar winning movie. “The Ten Commandments” won an Oscar for “Best Special Effects”. But believe me. The Book is much better than the movie! Besides, the movie may deserve an […]

Hi, I wanted to talk to you about something very serious. Purim! … There’s something that really bothers me. Most Jews relate in some way to Yom Kippur. They probably go to services. Fast all day. And may even review all their sins! No. That’s not what bothers me! It’s that so many Jews don’t […]

Hi, We’ve spent quiet a while on the portion of Kedoshim. “Be holy.” We’ve seen many rituals and many moral and ethical obligations. Which brings me back to Purim! (It doesn’t take much)! … Haman. The villain of the Purim story. The prototype of the anti Semite. He convinces the King to destroy the Jewish […]

Hi, It’s me again. … I know what you were thinking as you read today’s Torah Minute. “He’s going to ask us to say grace after meals.  A glass of water wasn’t enough for him”! I can’t say it didn’t enter my mind! But I decided to ask you to do something else. Join  CTN […]