CHOCHMAS NASHIM: WHO DIDN’T KNOW By: Suri Davis The torah portion, Shemot, starts off with the verse, “A new king came upon Egypt, who didn’t know Yosef.” Really? Joseph who was second to Pharaoh and saved the region from famine on the advice of G-d to store the grain during the years of abundance, so…
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Rivki: Happy New What?
Happy New What? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS What’s with the “happy new year” “happy new year”?! Didn’t we just do this, not too long ago. ? And on the other hand what’s with the -not saying “happy new year”, cause it’s theirs not ours?! In the Jewish calendar we celebrate new year…
Slovie: Five HIdden Messages of the Chanukkah LIghts
Five Hidden Messages of the Hanukkah Lights by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff December 12, 2022 Meditate on these 5 short insights as you gaze at your menorah’s lights. 1. Never be afraid to stand up for truth Judah the Maccabee and his band of brothers bravely fought those who tried to extinguish all that the Jewish people stood…
A Bunch of Boys on Adderall Having a Sleep Over Party
A BUNCH OF BOYS ON ADDERALL HAVING A SLEEPING OVER PARTY By: Suri Davis Just watching the Sam Bankman-Fried interview by the NY Times/Dealbook. Almost an hour into the interview the interviewer had an epiphany, “It sounds like you were a bunch of boys on Adderall (the Add/Adhd medicine, which highly ambitious personalities (ab)use…
Chochmas Nashim: Toldot Terrorism
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: TOLDOT AND TERRORISM By: Suri Davis Genesis 26:11 The king of Canaan, Avimelech saw that Isaac and Rivka were settling the land, that they were husband and wife, and clearly thought that his nation would harm Isaac, and so Avimelech directed that no one “touch” Isaac or Rivka. That year Isaac sowed…
Rivki: Choose Life
Choose Life Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Hey – wouldn’t it be nice if we could always agree? That way we’d always get along. The problem is -we don’t. I don’t mean we don’t always get along; I mean we don’t always agree. Hm- Well I guess that causes people not to get…
Chochmas Nashim: Chayei Sara: Ayshet Chayil
Chochmas Nashim: Ayshet Chayil: A Woman of Valor By: Suri Davis What have the last few parshiot/Torah portions been about and where are we now? Abraham had to leave his land and family, leave his comfort zone and Rashi states Lech Licha, go onto yourself, go to your destiny, be uncomfortable in a new land…
Slovie: Kanye West Blames The Jews
We will dispel your darkness with our light, your hatred with our love, and your malice with our compassion. By: Slovie Jungreis Wolff The artist Kanye West, aka Ye, is known to be a creative genius, one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, and fashion influencer. He has also been spewing antisemitic tropes across…
Suri: Chochmas Nashim: Tears Endure
Chochmas Nashim: Tears Endure By: Suri Davis On Rosh Hashanah, when we blow the shofar, the sound of the shofar is like a lamentation, like the voice of one who is crying out. The medrash asks what the purpose is of the 100 voices of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The answer is that it…
Chochmas Nashi: Lech Lecha: Avraham and Rachel’s Crossroad
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: LECH LECHA AND YAHRTZEIT OF RACHEL: AVRAHAM AND RACHEL’S CROSSROAD By; Suri Davis There is a prayer to say at the grave of Rachel our foremother, which includes the following: “What can we say and what can we declare? If for the first exile, which was only for seventy years, Rachel stormed…