Educating myself one Torah portion at a time. 🎓✡️🙂 Some call it #TBT, Throw back Thursday, or Truth Be Told, I like #TRT, 🤔 Torah reading Thursday because we read 🧑🏻‍💻 from the Torah on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. 🗓 Delimitations 🙂 As Rabbi Wolpe has said “The Torah is not a book we turn... Continue Reading →

Are we sometimes too close to a situation to be able to see it objectively. In this week’s Torah portion, we read that Pharaoh, who was speaking directly to Moses, was too emotionally charged with what was happening to "his" country. Too close to the forest to be able to see the trees.  What happens... Continue Reading →

Many people never grow out of this childhood habit, and it negatively affects how they communicate, solve problems, and manage conflict (in the workplace and in personal relationships). With the exception of a rare few, most people were told to listen, but not taught how to listen. And blindly carrying this habit into one’s adult... Continue Reading →

A message to those journeying. I am right there with you. Learning, albeit a teacher - my students have been some of my favorite teachers. Now, I am branching out. Among other writing projects, I will be teaching / documenting and going behind-the-scenes with my college course, via a blog, starting when the Spring semester... Continue Reading →