Why you should wash your hands (Vayeshev):
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. -Thomas Kempis Jews have an ancient ritual of washing...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Nov 22, 2018
- 2 min
Two Levels of Communication (Vayishlach)
It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Real Resurrection
A lawyer’s dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers....
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
A Father’s Legacy (Toldot)
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. -Sigmund Freud Isaac is perhaps one of the more...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Oct 29, 2018
- 2 min
The Plot to Kill Abraham’s Servant (Chaye Sara)
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared. -Marcus Tullius Cicero Abraham sends his servant (named...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Oct 22, 2018
- 2 min
Two Types of Joys of Wealth (Vayera)
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. -John Fitzgerald Kennedy At the ripe old age of ninety years old,...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Oct 18, 2018
- 2 min
Uncountable People (Lech Lecha)
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. -Jacob Bronowski God communicates with Abraham. God tells Abraham, who at...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
Holy Eating (Noah)
We are digging our graves with our teeth. -Thomas Moffett It seems that literally, since the beginning of time, man has had a struggle...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Grab the Fleeting Inspiration
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought. -Robert Browning The beginning of the Torah, the beginning of the Book of Genesis, starts with...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
Three Types of Idolatry (Haazinu)
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. -John Selden In the penultimate Torah reading, Moses bids farewell to...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
Screaming to God (Vayelech)
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world... -William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Sep 6, 2018
- 2 min
Are Bad Thoughts worse than Bad Actions? (Nitzavim)
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
Give, Serve, Joyously: Parashat Ki Tavo
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. -Pierre Coneille At the beginning...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Aug 23, 2018
- 3 min
We Already Chose our Destiny
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water. Yiddish Proverb In the staccato list of commandments that are...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Aug 15, 2018
- 2 min
Flushing Out a Murderer
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand...
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- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Secret Jerusalem
The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper. -Thomas Powers There is an ancient Jewish tradition regarding an eternal,...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Aug 2, 2018
- 2 min
Three Powers of Prayer (Ekev)
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence. -Martin Tupper Moses, in his final days with the nation of Israel,...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
Powerful Mezuza Protection (Vaetchanan)
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. -John Quincy Adams...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Jul 16, 2018
- 2 min
The Judge behind the Judge (Dvarim)
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of discernment. -Niccolo...
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Rabbi Ben Tzion Spitz
- Jul 11, 2018
- 2 min
Your money or Your Family (Matot-Masai)
If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor. Poor in happiness and poor in all that makes life worth living. -Herbert N....
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