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Noach: Ashkenaz and Teutonic Jews
Bereishis: In the Beginning…
Sukkot: Shake & Quake (Pt. 3/3)
Yom Kippur: Shake & Quake (Pt. 2/3)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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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