CHOCHMAS NASHIM: TOLDOT: THE ROADS TO AUSCHWITZ… By: Suri Davis   Today marks the Jewish anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the most targeted part of which, was the attack on Chabad in Mumbai.  Rabbi Gavriel and Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg were killed to sanctify G-d’s name, representing the flame of Judaism, hosting, kindness and…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: CHAYEI SARA: TAKE TWO By: Suri Davis   Breathe.  I’m talking to myself. The life of Sarah, I’m Sarah. Been struggling for days now to understand the message of the verse that Abraham eulogized Sarah, but then the Torah doesn’t tell us what he says. So some say that it was Abraham, and…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: LECH LICHA: TATOOS AND PIERCINGS By: Suri Davis   Isnt it fascinating, how laws are set forth by nations.  Is anyone really interested in reading the Constitution over and over and over.  Maybe Nat Lewin and Alan Dershowitz, but not the multitudes.  The laws are dry and boring.  Take it from me, I’m…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM:  COMPARABLE By:  Suri Davis   I want to share with you the evolution of this week’s dvar torah, because I’ve been asked by many how they are created, and thought this week’s evolution of dvar torah might be elucidating. I asked myself the question, what is the connection/smichut parshiyot between Noach and Lech…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: In the Beginning:  The Soul is Born By: Suri Davis, 10/24/19, 3pm, London   This week’s Torah portion is the very first Book and Parsha of the Torah.  In Genesis/Bereishis 2:7, the torah tells us that G-d formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of…

CHOCHMAT NASHIM:  NITZAVIM, VAYELECH, HAAZINU, BEREISHIT: THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO By: Suri Davis   Moshe and the Jewish nation are standing on the precipice, once again transitioning, from a period of daily, revealed miracles, back to nature, where they will once again be toiling to produce, but this time, it is not…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM:  KI TAVO: WHO DO YOU SEE? By: Suri Davis   When you look in the mirror, who do you see? What defines you? Who are you? Reflecting on the past year, as we enter the last week of this year, what were the highlights, and what would you like never to repeat, if…

SHOFTIM: PURSUING JUSTICE By: Suri Davis   This week’s torah portion, discusses the judicial system. Why is justice elusive, that we are commanded to pursue/chase it?  We know that the core to any society or community is justice.  We understand why we shouldn’t bribe judges to find in our favor, but, again, why is justice…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: R’EH:  Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?   This week’s torah portion starts with the following: רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃ See, this day I set before you blessing and curse. The beginning of the month of Av was dismal, as it usually is, I’ll pour you a…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: EIKEV : AV INTO ELUL   By: Suri Davis   There is a grayish mauve color when children are provided with paints which they can’t help but want to mix together to see how the colors evolve from one color to another as they continue to mix.  The freedom of the mush mash. …