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  • Life is Hard

    The Commandment of the Red Heifer is one of the hardest to understand. One of the lessons from it is that sometimes there is no good decision. That we have to make a choice between a bad decision and a worse one.

  • Remember the Mission

    The 3 Torah Portions that we are in the middle of tell of the dangers that we face as a people and to our mission. They are there as a warning to the enemies, both within & without, that we will face.

  • Get The Job Done

    One of the prime differences between Moses and Korach was that Moses did not care if it was his job or not. He would do it because it had to get done. Korach would say “It’s not my job.”

  • Moshe’s True Ambition

    The major difference between Moses and Korach was that Moses really didn’t want the job. His greatness was his humility.

  • Equal Opportunity for All

    The Torah guarantees equal opportunity but not equal outcome. The outcome is up to the individual, God gives us the tools, it is up to use them properly.

  • Actions Speak Louder Than Words

    The rebellion led by Korach was logical. If the purpose of the Torah was to make us better people then why do we need all these commandments? What he failed to see was that keeping the commandments was a sure way of making us better people.

  • Understand What You See

    The mistake of the scouts was that they manipulated the facts to meet their agenda. The Torah warns against this by concluding this week’s portion by admonishing us not to follow our eyes and heart but our intelligence and faith.

  • Be A Part of the Community

    An example of someone who gave to the community and felt a vital part of the community was Benedict Stambler. When he saw that the recordings of Cantor Rosenblatt were about to be lost he took the initiative to rerecord them.

  • Fear of Success

    The problem of the Jews was fear of succeeding in taking the Land. It meant that they would be responsible to do all the things that the Torah commands. That the Commandments were no longer theoretical but practical. They would now have to work.

  • There Are No Coincidences

    The Torah points out that when bad things happen to the Jewish people then it is necessary for the Jews to look into themselves as to why these things are happening. There are no coincidences because God is in charge.