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A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY Okay, I may be repeating myself from a previous Parshas Pinchas (this week’s Parsha) but I hope you’ll bear with as it’s a good one worth repeating. Pinchas is a relatively unknown figure who sees one of the leaders of the tribes flaunting an inappropriate relationship with a woman. Moses freezes. He’s unsure… Read More

Are You Corruptible?

Categories: Parsha, Pinchas

A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week we begin to wind down the final portions of the original Four Books of the Torah (the Fifth takes on a different tone as it reiterates much of the previous four and is written in first person by Moses). It includes several episodes – primarily starring Pinchas, the Parsha’s namesake –… Read More

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