NO REGRETS Noach-5766 Rabbi David Walk The early stories in Genesis present all sorts of theological problems. The anthropomorphisms fly fast and thick. But...
CHALLENGE Va’era-5766 Rabbi David Walk What is the greatest challenge that anyone can face? Everyone confronts tests throughout their lives, however how do...
THIS IS YOUR LIFE Chaye Sarah-5766 Rabbi David Walk Sarah’s death at the beginning of this week’s Torah reading is traumatic. This is the first death in...
THE GREATEST Toldot-5766 Rabbi David Walk People from my generation are used to superlatives and hyperbole. Every product is touted as the best, the most or...
INTERFACE Vayetze-5766 Rabbi David Walk Since we Jews don’t really believe in coincidences, it’s really cool that the Daf Yomi folio of Tractate Eruvin...
THE NAME GAME Vayishlach-5766 Rabbi David Walk One of the fascinating phenomena in the book of Genesis is the change of names which occur throughout the book....
RECOGNITION Chanukah-5766 Rabbi David Walk There’s a fascinating attempt by many Jewish authorities to establish a Torah pedigree for Chanukah. Some say...
THE GREEKS ARE COMING Chanukah II-5766 Rabbi David Walk Judge John Jones III gave America a holiday gift last week. He reaffirmed the principle of separation...
IDENTITY Vayigash-5766 Rabbi David Walk This week’s Torah reading begins with a very powerful scene. Yosef is still role playing as the viceroy of Egypt,...
A BLESSING ON YOUR HEAD Vayechi-5766 Rabbi David Walk One of the great pleasures of this world is to bless your children, and it only gets better with...
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FOUR Va’era-5766 Rabbi David Walk There are these radio ads I’ve been hearing a lot lately for the New York Lottery. They start by saying that this is a...
POSTS Bo-5766 Rabbi David Walk As a prelude to the last of the ten plagues the Jews are told to slaughter a lamb, take the blood and paint it on each house’s...
COMPARISON B’shalach-5766 Rabbi David Walk Poetry is really great. The ability of a poem to conjure mind pictures is magical. Furthermore, the idea that one...
PREPARED Yitro-5766 Rabbi David Walk According to tradition the Torah was created before the world. One source says 974 generations earlier, another that God...
WORSHIP Mishpatim-5766 Rabbi David Walk This week’s parsha is perhaps the most technical and prosaic in the Torah. It is chock full of the material that...
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Terumah-5766 Rabbi David Walk In last week’s parsha it states, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and...
SEE NO EVIL Zachor-5766 Rabi David Walk A dear and respected colleague of mine spoke to me last week about a close friend of his who went afoul of the law....
EGO Ki Tisa-5766 Rabbi David Walk During my recent trip to Israel I had a number of awesome experiences. Most had to do with the family nature of the trip,...
EXPERIENCE Parshat Hachodesh-5766 Rabbi David Walk When I was a little kid back in a suburb of Boston, my favorite pastime with my friends was to play at...
BIG Shabbat Hagadol-5766 Rabbi David Walk In the 50's and 60's the great TV impresario, Ed Sullivan, used to begin his Sunday night show with the words,...
TALL TALES Pesach-5766 Rabbi David Walk C’mon, everybody loves a good story. According to Rebbe Nachman God only created humanity because He loves stories...
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Tazria-Metzora-5766 Rabbi David Walk When reading the Bible in general and the book of Leviticus in particular, the number seven just jumps...
REGURGITATION Acharei Mot-Kedoshim-5766 Rabbi David Walk As a teacher this week’s title is a dirty word. It’s the opposite of what we try to achieve in...
THE COUNT Emor-5766 Rabbi David Walk Since it is baseball season, this week’s title could mean balls and strikes, but that’s not what I had in mind. Nor...
BURNING Lag B’omer-5766 Rabbi David Walk Perhaps I should feel guilty saying this, but most of the time I don’t miss living in Israel. Usually I’m so...
NAMES, NUMBERS, NATIONS Bamidbar-5766 Rabbi David Walk This week we enter the book of Bamidbar or Numbers. These two names follow two different naming...
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