The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person’s actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of “reasoning” has the following pattern: Person A has position X. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of […]
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On only three occasions does Torah speak of a call to Moses. Each involves a summons to preform a momentous act. First the burning bush (Exodus 3,4) and second was the call at Mount Sinai, just before the Divine Words were revealed to him (Exodus 19,3) The third call […]
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Be Strong, Be Strong, and May you be Strengthened!
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What does it mean to be “anointed”? Two words in the Hebrew are listed for anointing, cuwk, סוך, (pronounced sook) and mashach, משח, (pronounced maw-shakh). Cuwk relates to “in the toilet” meaning anoint, anoint self, at all. “And, you shall bathe and anoint yourself, and put your garments on and […]
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Do the right clothes make the man? We’ve all heard the phrase, “Dress for success”. For the most part I’m all about putting your best foot forward. How do we dress for success for The Holy One Himself? This week’s Torah portion pekudei, we find the weavers busy creating the […]
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Intimate accountability!
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