Life is a Journey

I love the expression, “life is a journey.” This week’s parsha, Ki Tavo, also speaks of a journey. The parsha begins, “It will be that when you come into the land… .” The Torah continues to describe the special mitzvah of bringing...

The Talk

“Aba (Dad),” my son asked me, “how will I become an aba?” The question has many forms, but any one brings sweat to the brow of parents everywhere. Fortunately for me, my mother had just gotten me the book “Stuff Every Dad Should Know.”  The book helpfully...

Seeing is Believing

This week’s parshah open with a short, but powerful powerful verse:  “רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃” “See, this day I set before you blessing and curse:” Deuteronomy 11:26 One listening to the parshah being...

No Pain No Gain

We are all familiar with the old adage. If you want to get to the next level, you have to work hard for it and even experience a little pain in order to make progress. Moshe tells the people that “Hashem fed you Manna in the desert in order to afflict you and to test...