Lekh Lekha 5776: The Shield “People should not be protected from the world, It cripples them.” ― Josephine Humphreys There is an odd blessing that we say at every circumcision.

Lekh Lekha: The Secret of Circumcision – 5776 – By Rabbbi Shalom Morris The practice of newborn male circumcision is synonymous with Jews and Judaism. The Torah records that the

Noah 5776: Weathering the Storm “The effort to combat psychotic prejudice with reasonable counter-arguments is an act not only of folly, but of capitulation.” —David Mamet

Bereshit 5776: Divine Earth “Earth, my dearest, oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over…Unspeakably, I have belonged to you, from the flush.” ― Rainer

Simhat Torah 5776: Bookends “The religion that is afraid of science dishonours G-d….” —Ralph Waldo Emerson At the close of the Succot festival we also come to the close of