Parshat Korach
Dear STOCS Friend: As we age, people tend to decrease the amount of sodium in their diet. Many see salt as detrimental to acceptable...
Parshat Nasso
Aristotle is quoted as saying, “Virtue is the golden mean between two extremes." In my forty years of Rabbanus, I have never seen our...
Shavuot Greeting
The count up to Shavuot is almost complete. Every night since Pessach, Jews around the globe have been counting the days and weeks of the...
Parshat Bamidbar
This week we have the privilege of beginning the fourth Book of the Torah, Bamidbar. Immediately the Torah records the command to Moshe...
Parshat Behar-Bechukotai
Dear STOCS Friend: I just spent four days at Turning Stone. My presence was necessary to oversee the kashrut at a conference for the New...
Parshat Emor
Dear STOCS Friend: I have always believed the most difficult aspect of being a Kohain Gadol is the injunction against mourning and...