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5785	Vayeitzei: Name of the Plain Toldot: Noble Clothes Chayei Sarah: All Wrapped Up Vayera: The Princess' Gaze (Part 2/2) Lech Lecha: The Princess' Gaze (Part 1/2) Noach: Ashkenaz and Teutonic Jews Bereishis: In the Beginning... Sukkot: Shake & Quake (Pt. 3/3) Yom Kippur: Shake & Quake (Pt. 2/3)
5784	Nitzavim-Vayelech: Shake & Quake (Pt. 1/3) Ki Savo: No More Boils Ki Seitzei: Getting Drunk Nursing from the Good Devarim: All Mixed Up Matos/Masei: On the Border Pinchas: Performance Platforms Balak: Lick It Up Chukas: Out in Public Korach: Of Heretics and Apostates Shelach: Message on a Pole Behaaloscha: Lift & Wave Shavuos: Getting Dirty Bechukosai: All About Money The Shiny Month Emor: Rose by Another Name Acharei Mos: Confronting Death Pesach: Eating Cake Metzorah/Shabbos HaGadol: Veggies for the Dipping Tazria: The Cutter Shemini: The Nosey Truth Tzav: Good Fat, Bad Fat Vayikra: The Kidneys Advisory Pekudai: Crafty Artisans Vayakhel: Myrrh & Myrtle (Part 2) Vayakhel: Myrrh & Myrtle (Part 2) Ki Sisa/Purim Katan: Myrrh & Myrtle (Part 1) Titzaveh: Wet Words Terumah: A Table for Thee Mishpatim: Bruisers and Bleeders Yisro: Stairs to Above Bo: Filling your Phylacteries Vaera: The Vertically-Challenged Shemos: Pulling & Drawing Vayechi: White is Light Vayigash: Say it Clear (Part 2/2) Miketz: Say it Clear (Part 1/2) Vayeshev: Mercantile Man Vayishlach: Saving Survivors Vayeitzei: Testify! True Love (Part 2/2) True Love (Part 1/2) Vayera: Getting Pushy Lech Lecha: Eighth Month Enter the Garden (Part 2 of 2) Sleepy Words (Part 2/2) Bereishit: Sleepy Words (Part 1/2) Enter the Garden (Part 1 of 2) An Article About Nothing (Part 2 of 2)
5783	An Article About Nothing (Part 1 of 2) Single Guys Taking Collateral Don't Trample On Me Matos Masei: The Shiloach Waters Pinchas: Piercing Spears Balak: Muzzled Up Chukas: The Right Site Korach: The One and Only Shelach: Learning the Ropes All Tied Up Naso/Shavuos: Just Say No Bamidbar: Out in the Wild Emor: Getting Stoned Showing Teeth Chair of Thrones Shemini: Types of Species Tzav-Pesach: Escape from Patros Vayikra: Turning the Corner (Part 2/2) Vayakhel-Pekudai: Turning the Corner (Part 1/2) Ki Sisa: Awesome Balsam Mishpatim: Boorish Animals Purim/Titzaveh: Speedy Horsepower (Part 2/2) Purim/Trumah: Speedy Horsepower (Part 1/2) Yisro: Murder He Wrote Bishalach: Scribal Culture Parshas Bo: Please Stand Up Vaera: The Trick of Magi Shemos: Drawing Water Them Bones and Themselves Famishing Famines Miketz: Cans of Oil Vayeshev: The Amazing Multi-Named Joseph Vayishlach: Enter the Gate Vayetzei: Gad Luck to You Toldos: The Doers and Fighters Chayei Sarah: Take a Drink Be My Guest Prime Property Sukkos - Bereishis - Revealing the Secret
5782	Nitzavim/Vayelech/RH: The Shofar’s Horn The Beautiful Citron A Basket Case Nitzavim/Vayelech/RH: The Shofar’s Horn An Utter Embarrassment Ki Saytzei: Flowering Chicklings Trusting and Relying on G-d Of Thorns and Thistles Matot: The Names of Jericho In the Middle On Dry Land Empty Exaggerations The Gorgeous Windpipe On Misers and Cheapskates More Cheese Please The Year of Seven (Part 2 of 2) The Year of Slipping Away (Part 1 of 2) Pesach: Putting Pressure Haircut Time Words for Wine (Part 2) Words for Wine (Part 1) Pick Your Poison Vayakhel (Shabbat Shekalim) Between Books and Scrolls The Color Purple On Hooks and Hangers Digging Deeper Laundering and Cleaning Piles and Piles Put in Place Stop It! Moses’ Many Names Through the Grapevine Freezing Cold Wake-up Time Seeking Salvation Family Matters Almonds in the Bible Disgraceful Disparagement The City of Four Words for Words Seeking Completion Calling the Defender - Vayelech / Yom Kippur
5781	Seasoning the Land (Part 2) - Nitzavim / Rosh Hashanah: Seasoning the Land Sort of Siblings The Ultimate Teacher Anger Issues Welcome to Rooster City Flour Power Balaam’s Numa Biblical Refuseniks Revolting Revolutions Fun with Fish (Part 2/2) Fishy Words (Part 1/2) Shavuot: Brilliant Prohibitions Behar - Bechukotai: Settled Citizens Strange Aliens Say Uncle Pesach: The Sickle and the Exile A Perfect Sacrifice Vayakhel/Pekudei: Animal Sounds Ki Tisa: Remember Forever Purim: Fake Faces Mishpatim: Feeding the Lie Yitro: Just Winging It Beshalach: Through the Looking Window Bo: Come To Pharaoh Marshes, Marshes, Marshes Shemot: Hard Work and Hard Hearts Vayechi: Boats, Ships and Nautical Rhapsody Vayigash: Coming Close Miketz: To Be a Wise Guy (Part 2 of 2) To Be a Wise Guy (Part 1 of 2) Pick your Wax - Chanukah Castle in the Sky Toldot: Boys and Girls (Part 2) Chayei Sarah: Boys and Girls (Part 1) Elephants Galore A Laughing Matter Holy Matrimony The Power to Hold Back
5780	The Strong Ones A Basket Case Trusting and Relying on G-d Peace and Quiet Remembering the Wall When Suddenly… The Chayah and Yechidah (Part 3 of 3) Anatomy of a Soul (Part 2 of 3) Take a Breather (Part 1) All About Hair Kneading the Dough A Coriander Conundrum Where’s The Gold? Old Switcheroo Divorce Bills and Other Documents Blemished Imperfections PESACH: Sing and Song Laborious Work and Angelic Creativity Better Late Than …….. To Remain Silent Foreheads and Fadihot Stealing and Robbing Heat with the In-Laws Take Your Spoils That’s a Flogging Running on Willpower My Dear Deer Jacob’s Three Names A Biblical Feast Holy Priests vs. Unholy Priests A Real Toss Up Good Morning Sunshine The Ovine and Caprine Families Smooth Sliding and Glad Gliding The Old Man and the See Where are You Dirt, Dust and Ashes Bereishet - Be a Man Succot – the Majestic Holiday of Gathering Return to Sender: The True Meaning of Teshuva
5779	Rosh Hashana: A Tale of Two Beginnings Forms of Forgiveness Forget About It Beds of the Righteous The Shining Sea of Galilee Heavy Taxes and Empty Pockets Bovine Words: Cows and Cowboys Are You Really “With Me”? Laws and Orders Names of the Underworld Indulging in Pleasure On Clouds Shavuot Special Feature! Karet and Ariri Boys and Bars The Poor and Unfortunate Pesach: Telling the Story Top Ten Words for Idols Playing the Lottery The True Blue Raise the Curtain Solomon’s Seven Names Is Cotton a Type of Linen? Cherubic Children and Other Angels The Handmaid’s Deal Cut it Out (Part 2 of 2) Cut it Out! (Part 1 of 2) The Sign is Coming Down by the River Prophets and Visionaries Crouching Lion, Hidden Blessing Slaughtering and Butchering Playing with Fire The Gift of Giving Like a Rock (Part 2) Like a Rock (Part 1) The Man with Enough Light Names of a People Degrees of Sin
5778	Straying from the Path On the Straight and Narrow Roads and Paths, Ways and Means Twin Cities: Zion and Jerusalem The Number Eleven Null and Void A Heritage of Inheritance Foot Festivals Let Them Eat Bread Lost or Mistaken Of Corpses and Carcasses Running Away Razor's Edge Stop! It's Shavuot! Words of Redemption On the Tombstone Defining Freedom Old Month versus New Month Mercy or Pity My Clothes and Me For Crying Out Loud The Beauty of Adar Forever and Ever G-d's Best Friend Sweet and Pleasant Army of Grasshoppers Plague of Plagues The Pharaoh and the King Shouldering the Burden Speaking in Tongues Around in Concentric Circles Angels and Agents Stones and High Altars The Unaffiliated Nations Maybe Yes, Maybe No Seeing is Believing Energizing the Tired and Exhausted
5777	Forthwith in the Fourth Dimension Elul 2: Now! Elul 1: Trends in Time Words of Destruction Tribesmen Stick Together Slithering Serpents and Sea Snakes - Part 2 United We Fast Slithering Serpents and Sea Snakes - Part 1 The Land Down Under Spy versus Spy Deleterious Desires Burke and Rebuke When Just Counting Doesn’t Count Jumping for Passover: Part 2 Jumping for Passover: Part 1 Hats and Belts Party Hardy Sacred Spaces Rabbi of Robbers Myself and I Tree Words Turning off the Lights Just Because A Panoply of Canopies Say your Prayers A Word for a Thought Olives and Oil Clarifying a Collection of Curses Why? Which "Why"? Looking Four Directions Afraid of Fright or Ready to Fight Fowl Language and Poultry Don't be a Behemah or a Chayah!
5776	Of Oaths and Promises A Tale of Two Arks Ten Expressions of Praise My Three Suns (and Moons) Divine Dictator or Populist King? A Crown is a Crown Rain, Rain Come Again Listen Up! Subtleties of Simcha and Sasson A Variety of Enemies Introduction - Synonyms in the Hebrew Language

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