Sukkot 5784
Dear STOCS Friend: The Arba Minim are associated with numerous symbolisms. Specifically, the Arava (willow) is described as lacking...
Parshat Haazinu
Dear STOCS Friend: In my judgment one of the saddest sentences in the Torah is found in Parshat Haazinu. Moshe is informed by Hashem:...
Rosh Hashanah 5784
Dear STOCS Friend: As we approach the Awesome Days of 5784, I would like to extend my wishes to you for a happy and healthy New Year. ...
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
Dear STOCS Friend “And choose life.” The Torah simply informs us how to achieve a meaningful life. However, this does not come about...
Parshat Ki Teitzei
Dear STOCS Friend: Parshat Ki Tatzae contains seventy-four of the six hundred thirteen mitzvot found in the Torah. All of us, at one...
Parshat Shoftim
Dear STOCS Friend: In shul yesterday I shared the following vort. The Torah teaches when a person hates another individual and mortally...
Parshat Re'eh
Dear STOCS Friend: A question posed to me numerous times: does God really care what we put into our mouths? Why should it make a...
Parshat V'etchanan
Dear STOCS Friend: The countdown has begun! Today is the tenth of Av which means two months from now, will be Yom Kippur. How should we...
Parshat Devarim
Dear STOCS Friend: Without mincing words, the Gemara in Yerushalmi states: כל דור שאינו נבנה בימיו מעלין עליו כאילו הוא החריבו Any...
Parshat Pinchas
Dear STOCS Friend: The Midrash teaches men create a breach and women come to repair it. Many times, in Tanach, we see men fomenting...