Just before the joyous holiday of Purim, we become keenly aware of the role of the uniforms of royalty. The book of Esther reaches its happy climax when “Mordecai left the king’s …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/6/20
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A standard question to ask an eight-year-old used to be, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Every child had an answer, which ranged from “fireman” to …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb
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2/19/20
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I couldn’t believe it. One of my trusted old reference books failed me for the first time.
I am an old-fashioned guy and I still use books for reference rather than resorting to the …
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By Rabbi Tvi Hersh Weinreb
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2/4/20
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From the start of Genesis, we have been reading one long story extending over many centuries. It began with the creation of man and proceeded with the narrative of the transformation of a small …
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By Rabbi Tavi Hersh Weinreb
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1/29/20
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There was a time when I was fascinated by the great psychoanalytic thinkers, chief among them Sigmund Freud, whose attitude towards his Jewish origins piqued my curiosity.
Although …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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1/22/20
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The two old men couldn’t have been more different from each other. Yet they both taught me the identical life lesson.
The first, a cagey old Irishman, was one of my mentors in the …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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1/15/20
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I was very embarrassed by her sharp rebuke. But looking back, I realize that the lesson I learned from her brief criticism was more valuable than most of my other training experiences.
It …
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By Rabbi Tavi Hersh Weinreb
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1/9/20
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There are two kinds of people.” I am sure that you all have heard one variation or another of that theme. We seem to have a well-ingrained habit of dividing people into two categories (for …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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12/24/19
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There are jokes which are very funny on the surface but which, upon reflection, can be quite painful and disturbing. One of them, told frequently a few decades ago, concerns a matronly woman from the …
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By Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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12/17/19
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Ignorance is bliss.” There was a time not too long ago when these three words would engender a long and interesting discussion, perhaps even debate. There would have been speculation about …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/11/18
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