Messages from February 2021

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)Dress for Success

February 26, 2021
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Tetzaveh

John T. Molloy wrote the highly popular Dress for Success over45 years ago and its message still resonates. Here is an excerpt from a review written by someone who read it decades ago.“I read Dress for Success when I was a skinny, baby faced teenager. I was so impressed by the book’s research and conclusions that I […]

Rabbi O on Purim: The Masks of Purim and COVID

February 26, 2021

Wearing a mask was once child’s play but one year ago, the role of masks changed dramatically. We now understand that wearing a mask can be a matter of life and death – for us and those around us. In the book Simple Words: Thinking About What Really Matters in Life, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz devoted an entire […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Teruma(Exodus 25:1-27:19) (Parshat Zachor) Look for Substance

February 19, 2021
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Terumah

The information age has placed a particular emphasis on data. Whatever question we have, we expect that someone already answered our question and posted it online. If we want to know a particular statistic, we expect that it exists and all we need is a google search to find it. A recent article discusses how this trend […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Mishpatim (Exodus 21-24)Close the Toothpaste!

February 12, 2021
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Mishpatim

Imagine a couple standing under the chuppah googly-eyed and in love. The rabbi speaks about the beauty of marriage and the significance of the day. Then, all of a sudden, the bride starts listing her set of rules for the marriage. “Make sure to close the toothpaste, keep the toilet seat down, take out the garbage, pay […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Yitro (Exodus 18-20)Email and Mt. Sinai

February 5, 2021
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Yitro

Last year The Wall Street Journal had an article about a new way companies are reaching their customers: email (The Hot New Channel for Reaching Real People: Email). Yes, the medium that many deem as archaic and on its way out, is actually making a comeback for certain purposes. In fact, recent studies have shown that money […]