CHOCHMAS NASHIM: BO: WHO KNOWS TEN, I KNOW TEN By: Suri Davis I analyzed the ten plagues and felt they could be compared with the ten commandments thusly: The first plague was that the Nile turned into blood. The Nile was a G-d to the Egyptians. The first commandment is that I am G-d…
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Chochmas Nashim: B’shalach: Sunrise Sunset
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: B’SHALACH: SUNRISE SUNSET By: Suri Davis The famous song in the show/movie Fiddler on the Roof, is the song by which Tevya’s daughter Tzeitel walks down her wedding aisle. The lyrics: Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? (Golde) I don’t remember growing older When…
Chaim Walder: Lame Excuse
CHAIM WALDER: LAME RESPONSE By: Suri Davis OMGGGGG HIS BOOKS!!! Oh his books. Ahhh his books, but his books, and the books, and the shelves of books, the books, the boooooooks, oh the bookssss!!!!! Chaim Walder abused his authority. Chaim Walder looked the look, walked the walk, talked the talk, and for twenty…
Chochmas Nashim: Yet In Every Generation
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: VAERA: YET IN EVERY GENERATION By: Suri Davis Today in Jewish History, Portuguese Expulsion (1496) Following the death of King Joao of Portugal in 1494, his son King Manuel I ascended the throne. When his legitimacy as heir to the throne was challenged, Manuel wished to marry Princess Isabel of Spain, daughter of…
Rivki: Anything But That!
Anything But That ! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Relax! Relax! Just relax! Do you want to scream when someone tells you this? As if you couldn’t have thought of it yourself? Or maybe- it’s more like if you could relax you would. So why are they telling you this? Maybe just maybe a…
Chochmas Nashim: Mulling My Father’s Yahrtzeit
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: VAYECHI: MULLING MY FATHER’S UPCOMING YAHRTZEIT By: Suri Davis There are several interesting points in this week’s parshah which hit me from the get go, which I will share. Genesis 47:28-9. This week’s portion starts with “And Jacob lived in Egypt”, and the next verse states, and the dying days of…
Suri: Chochmas Nashim: Kshem Shemivorchim Al Hatov
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: VAYIGASH: K’SHEM SHEMIVORCHIM AL HATOV, MEVORCHIM AL HATOV WHO SAYS IT’S EVIL? This week’s torah portion is foundational on the question of faith and appearances of evil. Joseph lost his mother at a young age. His jealous brothers throw him into a pit, then sold him to Egyptians as a slave. They…
Rivki: Perfect Is The Enemy of Good
Perfect is the Enemy of Good Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS “Do you have a good book for me to read”? Famous question?! And kind of interesting! What makes them know what you think is good? Is there some secret society or code that explains the meaning of this question?! Really – How…
Chochmas Nashim Miketz: Shadows of the Past and Future
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: MIKETZ, SHADOWS OF THE PAST AND FUTURE By: Suri Davis I am getting feelings of de ja vu and whispers of the future in this week’s Torah portion. Two weeks ago, Joseph has two dreams, one of them has to do with sheaves of grain. His brothers’ bundles of sheaves bow to his…
Chochmas Nashim: Vayeishev: Favored Nation Status
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: VAYEISHEV/VAYISHLACH: FAVORED NATION STATUS By: Suri Davis In a nutshell, this week’s torah portion discusses how Joseph, the favored son of his father, Jacob, the object of abject jealousy by his brothers, reveals to his family the dreams he has that the sheaves of wheat belonging to his brothers, bow to his sheath…