A Voice from Heaven
Ethics 6:2
By Dovi Scheiner
And the voice called to me from heaven. "Dovi," it said, in an oddly mechanical tone, "just where do you think you're going? Get back on the Hutchinson River Parkway right away!"
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Dancing on 9/11?
By Dovi Scheiner
As rescue workers sifted through the rubble, Esther and I donned our hard hats and headed towards our chupah, just over the bridge in Brooklyn. With a plume of black smoke suspended in the skies above our wedding canopy, it was clear to that our ...
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To Be and Not To Be
By Dovi Scheiner
An Ark that is both spacious and spaceless. Whole and shattered Tablets positioned side by side. What lesson can we glean from this?
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In Essence
By Dovi Scheiner
One of the purported perks of living a righteous life is that your name lives on long after you are gone. So why does the Torah mark Moses' passing by scratching his name from the record?
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Pride and Pain
By Dovi Scheiner
Usually, a person dies, and then their soul shines down on us from heaven. It is rare that a spirit shines down on us from heaven, and then dies
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Egyptian at Sinai
By Dovi Scheiner
Any successful speaker will tell you that you need to speak your audience's language. "When in Finland," the saying goes, "start with Finish." But why does G-d start the Ten Commandments in Egyptian?
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Frogmen
By Dovi Scheiner
All of creation may be divided into three categories: the good, the bad and the frogs
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Above the Fray
By Dovi Scheiner
To successfully escape from prison, you need someone on the outside pulling for you. Take it from Jacob, who wouldn't be found dead in Egypt.
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Local Dust
By Dovi Scheiner
In the Torah portion of Mikeitz (Genesis 41:1-44:17), Joseph, recently appointed viceroy of Egypt, takes steps to prepare the country for impending famine. He calls for the establishment of a food reserve. Large storehouses are constructed. "And he ...
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The Jailhouse Route to Success
By Dovi Scheiner
Nowadays, it seems success comes first, prison only later. But with true success, it works the other way around. In the Torah portion of Vayeishev we read of Joseph's exploits. Sold into slavery by his brothers, he winds up enslaved to Potiphar, "a ...
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