PITTSBURGH ON MY MIND By: Suri Davis Eleven people were shot to death on Shabbos in a shul in Pittsburgh while they were davening. Others were injured. I am an estate attorney. I plan for death. I probate wills after death. Dealing with death is a part of my daily practice. I truly understand…
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A BISSEL TORAH: VAYEIRA: I HAD ONE OF THE WINNING TICKETS
A BISSEL TORAH: VAYEIRAH: I HAD ONE OF THE WINNING TICKETS By: Suri Davis When I told my children last Shabbos that I had purchased a ticket in the $1.6BB lottery, they laughed and said, what does it matter Ema, you love work anyway. Yes it’s true. My office is a few blocks away…
A Bissel Torah: Lech Lichah
A BISSEL TORAH: LECH LICHAH By: Suri Davis In the 14th chapter of Genesis, we read that Avram waged a war on behalf of Lot. In that battle, he captured King Sodom’s people. King Sodom offered Avram to trade the captives for possessions or war booty. Avram refused with these words, 22/23, I…
Book Review: Flowers in the Desert
BOOK REVIEW: FLOWERS IN THE DESERT Author: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Review by: Suri Davis I placed a new coffe table book in my home right before the holidays, and figured in between my preparing meals, I would sit with it and read it. I had to fight for the book. It turned out to…
A Bissel Torah: Bereishit All Over Again
A BISSEL TORAH: BEREISHIT ALL OVER AGAIN By: Suri Davis Aspirations. When each of the 12 tribes were born, they were named as follows: Reuben “because G-d saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me; Simon “because G-d has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one also; Levi:…
A BISSEL TORAH: VAYELECH: IT’S ALL GOOD: POWER AND SERENA WILLIAMS
A BISSEL TORAH: VAYELECH: IT’S ALL GOOD: POWER AND SERENA WILLIAMS By: Suri Davis How would you feel giving the keys of a brand new Bentley to your 16 year old son, knowing that the very next day he would trash it, and be hurt? When my two year old gashed his chin and…
Rosh Hashana: Let’s Make a Deal
ROSH HASHANAH: LET’S MAKE A DEAL Suri Davis Many years ago, a friend told me something that I keep in my back pocket: “Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides, i.e., we put our best foot forward when we leave our homes, and we look at others and imagine that they have a…
Ki Tavo: Wedding, Wedding and a Triple
Ki Tavo: Wedding, Wedding and a Triple By: Suri Davis I was zocheh to attend three weddings this week of dear friends. Yehudah Furst, son of Tzippy and Elie Furst in Baltimore, MD. Tess Barbanel to Yosef Meir Rubel, children of Lewis and Lauri Barbanel and Shuly and Alan Rubel. And IYH tonight, the…
Twin Enemies and the Trophy
TWIN ENEMIES AND THE TROPHY By: Suri Davis I am not a social worker or psychologist, I am a mother. I want to share with you an experience that happened several years ago with one of my children, which is relevant to back to school parenting. Twin enemies are fear and anxiety. The unknown. …
A Bissel Torah: Ki Teitzei: Reading Between the Lines
A BISSEL TORAH: KI TEITZEI: READING BETWEEN THE LINES By: Suri Davis This is a parshah brimming with interesting laws. It pays to know the medrash and Jewish history to fill in the gap on a few of these laws. Just to mention a few: If there is a betrothed woman who was taken…