WONDER Chanukah-5770 Rabbi David Walk ‘Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles,’ that’s how the phenomenon of supernatural events (namely marriages) is...
SUCCESS Vayeshev-5770 Rabbi David Walk Starting two weeks ago dreams become a major feature in the advancement of the narrative line in the book of Genesis,...
WHOLE Vayishlach-5770 Rabbi David Walk Our intrepid Patriarch, Ya’akov has been through the ringer. His past twenty years have been, to say the least,...
MYSTERIOUS Va’yetze-5770 Rabbi David Walk This week’s Torah reading has the most mystical and enigmatic stories, perhaps in the whole Bible, and they’re...
DUAL BLESSINGS Toldot-5770 Rabbi David Walk In Jewish tradition there are many connotations to the word blessings. We can refer to the good wishes that one...
HEART TO HEART Chaye Sara-5770 Rabbi David Walk This week we are re-introduced to one of the most enigmatic characters in our Bible. Yitzchak is already...
LEGACY Lech Licha-5770 Rabbi David Walk It’s always so comforting to return to warm spaces and pleasant places. That’s the way I feel every year when we ...
PERFECTION Noach-5770 Rabbi David Walk Every year we read about Noach again, and I agonize over him. More than any Biblical character I’m perplexed by this...
FAMILIARITY & FAMILY Breishit-5770 Rabbi David Walk The S’fat Emet, the second Gerer Rebbe (Reb Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, 1840-1906) says that the great joy...
THE ISOLATION BOOTH Sukkot-5770 Rabbi David Walk Last week I discussed the duality of Yom Kippur. This week it's the schizophrenia of Sukkot on the analyst’s...
CRIME & PUNISHMENT SIN & REHABILITATION Yom Kippur-5770 Rabbi David Walk If someone asked you to close your eyes and they said the words Yom Kippur into your...
SUBPLOTS Rosh Hashanah-5770 Rabbi David Walk Hopefully everyone finds some time to prepare mentally and spiritually for the High Holidays. I’m always in...
THE HANDOFF Va'yeilach-Nitzavim-5769 Rabbi David Walk For some reason the National Football League never asked me for my opinion, but if they did, I'd tell...
HEADS OR TAILS Ki Tavo-5769 Rabbi David Walk Ever year when we get to the Torah readings of Ki Tavo and B'chukotai we rabbi types have to make a decision....
TIS THE SEASON Elul-5769 Rabbi David Walk Everybody has a busy season. For retailers it's December; for balabusters (Jewish domestic managers, I don't like...
PERFECTION Shoftim-5769 Rabbi David Walk Major League Baseball recently had its eighteenth perfect game. That's a very small number of occurrences over the...
THAT'S NOT KOSHER Re'eh-5769 Rabbi David Walk This is probably a mistake. Generally, writing about mitzvoth, as opposed to stories or philosophy, doesn't work...
WHY NOT NEW ZEALAND? Eikev-5769 Rabbi David Walk Those of us who obsessed over the Lord of the Rings trilogy will have no trouble believing those travelers who...
SAD COMFORT Tisha B'av & V'etchanan-5769 Rabbi David Walk There is a dilemma facing me this week. Should I write about Tisha B'av, the great day of national...
ISAIAH vs JEREMIAH Devarim-5769 Rabbi David Walk Doesn't that title sound like a heavy weight fight, or a blockbuster movie like Alien vs Predator? Well, it's...
REFUGE Matot-Masei-5769 Rabbi David Walk This week we complete the book of Numbers, and the Torah reading is very characteristic of the entire book. We have a...
STEADY Pinchas-5769 Rabbi David Walk This week's parsha is one of those mixed readings which contains both legal and narrative material. This is a common...
O SAY CAN YOU SEE Balak-5769 Rabbi David Walk Phew! With this article both of my Homelands are back on the same Torah reading schedule. So, my loyal readers...
BLACK & WHITE Korach-5769 Rabbi David Walk In these articles, on occasion I’ve claimed that our Midrashim often share a stylistic pattern with Walt Disney...
WHAT’S IN A WORD Shelach-5769 Rabbi David Walk The State of Israel, the land of Israel, and the people of Israel each experienced a big time miracle in the...
THE RIGHT STUFF B’ha’aloticha-5769 Rabbi David Walk The common name for the book we Jews traditionally call Bamidbar (In the Wilderness), is Numbers. That...
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Naso-5769 Rabbi David Walk Boy, am I faced with a dilemma! I have readers on different Torah reading schedules, and I, therefore must...
ACCEPTING THE TORAH Shavuot-5769 Rabbi David Walk Every morning at Bi-cultural Day School here in Stamford, I begin the day by reciting out loud the Blessing...
WHAT’S IN A NUMBER Bamidbar-5769 Rabbi David Walk Most of us are used to the traditional names of the Five Books of Moses: B’reishit, Shmot, Vayikra,...
THE BIG PICTURE Behar/B’chukotai-5769 Rabbi David Walk There’s a very famous Rashi at the beginning of the Torah reading of Behar. When I say very famous,...
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