Parenting By Parsha: Mishpatim
This week, we read the section of the Torah called ‘Mishpatim,’ a word generally understood to mean ‘laws.’ In modern Hebrew, the phrase ‘ma’arechet ha-mishpatim’ means the legal system, and […]
Parenting By Parsha: Yitro
In our home, we have a game that we play several times a day, called Click-Pow. The premise is pretty simple. Our toddler is really into clicking the fasteners on […]
Parenting By Parsha: Vayakhel
A few days ago it was my wife’s birthday and, just like any other special event we celebrated over the past year or so, we had a Zoom birthday party. […]
Parenting By Parsha: Ki Tisa
Every time I walk into my home I wash my hands. This has long been my practice (the New York City subway is gross), but these days hand-washing takes on […]
Parenting By Parsha: Emor
A few weeks ago I was at the playground with my kiddo and my wife. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and the place was hopping. If you want to […]
Parenting By Parsha: Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
My toddler knows how to say the word “no” now. To be completely fair, he also knows a lot of other words. Actually, this week he said his first full […]
Parenting By Parsha: Tazria Metzora
Welcome to a world of disease. This week’s double Torah portion features dozens of verses detailing skin maladies — ingrown hairs, oozing pustules, discoloration, and a whole lot more. Every […]
Parenting By Parsha: Shemini
Shemini, or ‘eighth,’ is not a portion about Crazy Eights. It does start by telling us what should happen on the eighth day (unusual for the Bible, wherein so many […]
Parenting By Parsha: Shabbat Pesach
You know those ‘flashback’ episodes of TV shows, the ones that are basically all old footage loosely connected with one or two lines of text? They’ve always seemed like a […]
Parenting By Parsha: B’haalotecha
Every morning in our household starts the same way. Our little one wakes and starts crying his vague morning whimpers, which my wife and I can hear through the baby […]