Parshat Acharei-Mot Kedoshim
Dear STOCS Friend: This week, we have the special privilege of reading a double portion: Acharei Mot–K’doshim . The title of Rabbi Joseph...
Parshat Tazria-Metzora
Dear STOCS Friend: When discussing the upcoming double Parasha, Tazria-Metzora, much attention is often given to how the power of words...
Parshat Vayakhel
Dear STOCS Friend: As many are aware I do not grow up observant. I was in my mid-teens, living in West Hempstead, Long Island on Redmont...
Parshat Ki Tisa
Dear STOCS Friend: The Five Books of Moses mention the holiness of Shabbat at least twelve times. Hashem sought to instill within the...
Parshat Beshalach
Dear STOCS Friend: The Jewish people are standing at the shore of the Sea of Reeds. They are paralyzed by the sight of the Egyptian...
Parshat Vaera
D ear STOCS Friend: The first two plagues inflicted upon Egypt were imitated on a smaller scale by the Egyptian magicians. However,...
Parshat Shemot
Dear STOCS Friend: This week has been an emotional roller coaster for the families of the hostages. Rabbi Sacks introduced a poignant...
Parshat Vayigash
Dear STOCS Friend: Imagine being separated from your child for 22 years, living with the heartbreaking belief that they were no longer...
Parshat Vayishlach
Dear STOCS Friend: Jacob’s Hebrew name יעקב is changed to Israel ישראל. How do we understand the name change or even its very meaning?...
Parshat Noach
Dear STOCS Friend: Noah built his ark thousands of years ago. Over the span of one hundred and twenty years, Noah constructed an ark...