From My Notebook

Explore the connection between Yosef's multi-coloured coat and the holiday of Chanukah.

In parshas Vayeitzei Yaakov see's angels going up and down a ladder from Earth to Heaven. Why a ladder and why not steps? What can we learn from having a ladder mindset?

In this week's parsha G-d tells Avraham to "go to himself" and leave his home. We can learn a valuable lesson from this and how it relates to the Streetlight effect.

In Psalm 27 we say, "One thing I have asked of the L-rd, this I seek: that I may dwell in the House of the L-rd all the days of my life, to behold the pleasantness of the L-rd and to visit in His Sanctuary." Why would we need to ask to visit if we are dwelling in the House of the Lord already? In this week's parsha, Nitzavim/Vayeilech Hashem tells us that He has placed before us life and death and to choose life. What is Hashem trying to teach us about the importance of being intentional in our choicemaking.

What can we learn from an upsherin? What does a relationship of reciprocity look like?