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Miketz – Where Are the Miracles?

Rabbi Erez Sherman | December 20, 2014

Keywords: Auschwitz, boots, conversion, family, field, generation, grandfather, grandparents, Greeks, Hanukkah, holocaust, Jewish family, Maccabees, miracle, oil, Pakistan, Passover, Poland, Proverbs, Rabbi Leo Jung, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, soul, stone, Taliban, Treblinka, victory

Vayeshev – Prison, Torture, and the Joseph Story

Rabbi David Wolpe | December 13, 2014

Keywords: America, anger, argue, argument, Avram Twersky, baker, CIA, cognitive dissonance, David Petraeus, debate, detainees, immoral,innocent, instinct, Iran, Israel, Japanese, John Brennan, John McCain, Joseph, moral, morality, opinion, Peggy Noonan, prison, prisoners, revenge, righteous, Rosewater, Talmud, torture, waterboard

Vayetzei – Jacob’s Odyssey: From Heel to Hero

Rabbi David Wolpe | November 29, 2014

Keywords: angel, birthright, bless, deceiver, despair, dreams, Esau, family, fighting, fooled, growth, heel, hope, Hosea, Israel, Joseph, Leah, loss, pain, perfect, perfection, Rachel, religious school, second-born, stasis, teacher, war, willing, Yakov, Ysrael

Toldot – Israel’s Blessing

Rabbi David Wolpe | November 22, 2014

Keywords: Baruch Goldstein, birthright, bridge, challenge, children, culture, DNA, doors, enemies, enemies, executive order, fighting, fringe, immigration, Israel, Jacob, Joshua, Los Angeles Times, Moses, Muslims, opportunity, parents, problem, Rabbi Abraham Twerski, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, rebellion, Rivkah, struggle, triumph

Noach: Facing Our Fears

Rabbi Erez Sherman | October 25, 2014

Keywords: acrophobia, anti-Semitism, arachnophobia, ark, cocoon, carcass, crimes, cruelty, disasters, dogs, dove, Edward Gibbons, Facing Fear With Faith, fear, follies, greed, guilty, history, internship, love, Mark Angel, Molly, monster, mountain, Noah, olive branch, panic, peace, poll, Portuguese Water Dogs, raven, Ruby, Sam Wells

Bereshit: How It All Began

Rabbi David Wolpe | October 18, 2014

Keywords: animal, Aristotle, book, creation, David Hume, faith, Greek, Heraclitus, high school, humanity, induction, law, life, magic, Maimonides, meaning, mind, museum, natural laws, order, philosophy, prayer, purpose, roulette, science, senses, Socrates, soul, source, sports, stories, superstition, Talmud, UCLA

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