CHOCHMAS NASHIM: KORACH THE ANCIENT GEORGE WASHINGTON: REBELION CELEBRATION By:  Suri Davis   So interesting that I write this dvar torah on the 243rd anniversary of the anniversary English rebels declared freedom from the king.  What does it mean to live under a king…one might look at today’s Saudi Arabia, and the disappearances and deaths…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: B’HAALOTCHAH: IN THE DESERT ON CENTRAL AVE. By: Suri Stern   Did you ever wonder how G-d gave Jews food, drink, shelter, protection and clothes that never wore out in the desert, and yet in almost every torah portion, we hear them complaining?  Ok, they wanted to get there already, we understand that,…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: NULLIFYING ONE’S SELF By: Suri Davis     This torah portion discusses the topic of Isha Sotah/a woman who is accused of an extra-marital affair.  If a man is suspicious that his wife is having an affair, he raises this issue with the kohen/priest, and she is brought to the holy temple.  …

CHOCHMAS NASHIM:  BOOK OF RUTH: REWARD By: Suri Davis   The Rabbis tell us in Ethics of Our Fathers that one shouldn’t learn torah to get a reward.  Yet it appears that the system of mitzvah/good deed and the warning of sin is premised on reward in the world to come or the promise of…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: BECHUKOTAI: BLESSINGS By: Suri Davis   Today is Chaf Vav Iyar, it is my birthday.  The rebbe tells us that each day, G-d returns our souls to us anew, as if each day we are reborn with the same opportunities as the day before to actualize our potential and perfect G-d’s image with…

CHOCHMAS NASHIM: BEHAR:  NAME YOUR IDOL By:  Suri Davis     Joseph was removed from jail so he could interpret Pharoah’s dreams.  The interpretation of his dreams was that G-d was going to give abundant food for seven years, followed by seven  years of famine.  Joseph advised Pharoah that he should store food in storehouses…

MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN By: Lenore S. Davis, Esq.   I have not done research on this theory.  I write this from anecdotal information from my Estate law practice. How did the United States distribution of income become so extremely polarized with 1% of the population ultra-wealthy billionaires, making exponentially more than the remaining 99%.…

A BISSEL TORAH: KEDOSHIM By: Suri Davis   This week’s Torah portion let’s us know that just as G-d is separate and holy, we should be separate and holy.  Just as G-d’s existence is independent of the material world, we should strive to be independent of the material world that pulls us down, that is…

A BISSEL TORAH: AFTER THE DEATH OF… By: Suri Davis   Lamentations 5:17/8…17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim: 18because of Mount Zion,which lies desolate, haunted by the jackals. 19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.…There is a famous commentary on this verse in the book of Lamentations which…

A BISSEL TORAH: BDS REALLY?? By: Suri Davis   19% of the undergrad population at the University of Maryland is Jewish.  Yet, a vote to determine whether the University should divest itself of Israel investments was held over Passover.  The resolution to divest failed by a vote of 25-9, yet it was closer than in…