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What Is the Most Important Verse in the Torah?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 20, 2022 | Community, Covenant, Pinchas, Kindness and Compassion, Parenting

My children are growing up. Long gone are the hectic mornings of breakfast cereal and desperately packing school lunches. My older son, now grown and living on his own, has inherited the habit of drinking a big cup of coffee (or two) before tackling his day. Though he...

Will Heroism Earn You a Promotion?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 18, 2022 | Pinchas, Justice, Leadership

It has happened to most of us; we do a great job, going above and beyond all expectations. Even more than that, we stand up when no one else was willing to. Our boss compliments us and gives us a certificate of appreciation. But the next week, when a new position in...

The Mystical Powers of the High Priest’s Head-Plate

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 7, 2022 | Tetzaveh, Temple

The Torah mandates eight garments for the Kohen Gadol (High Priest). Among them is the golden head-plate, or the tzitz (צִיץ), which was engraved with the words kodesh laHashem (קֹדֶשׁ לַיהֹוָה), ‘Holy to God.’ The word tzitz means ‘to blossom,’ or ‘a flower,’ and is...

Weekly Torah Portion: Pinchas and Your Inner Hero

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2015 | Pinchas

Pinchas was a hero. Previously he had been a virtual nobody, but when the situation warranted it he became a somebody. The rewards for doing so were tremendous, including becoming Eliyahu HaNavi, the prophet who will eventually herald the Final Redemption, may it...

What Is the Most Important Verse in the Torah?

Will Heroism Earn You a Promotion?

The Mystical Powers of the High Priest’s Head-Plate

Weekly Torah Portion: Pinchas and Your Inner Hero

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