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Resolve Conflicts

December 1, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah is taken from our Torah portion, Parshat Vayishlach. The Middah is:  Key Verse: וָאֶשְׁלְחָה לְהַגִּיד לַאדֹנִי, לִמְצֹא-חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ.   בראשית לב:ו   Middah: Resolve...
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Think Before You Act

November 17, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah is taken from our Torah portion, Parshat Toldot.The Middah is:  וַיֹּאכַל וַיֵּשְׁתְּ, וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלַךְ; וַיִּבֶז עֵשָׂו, אֶת-הַבְּכֹרָה  (בראשית כה:כג)  Middah: Take time...
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D’var Torah - Give Signs that Show Respect

October 28, 2022

The Middat HaShavuah is taken from our Torah portion, Parshat Noach. The Middah is:  זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ “Give signs that show respect” The Torah is replete with...
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Reflections on Tishrei

October 25, 2022

The month of Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish year, was a busy one at The Toronto Heschel School. This was a month of celebration...
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Message from Moreh Alan

October 14, 2022

This week, our Middat Hashavua is connected to the holiday of Sukkot, the holiday which began earlier in the week and which continues until next Tuesday....
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Message from Moreh Alan

September 29, 2022

Our Middat HaShavuah this week is, “Be “womb-full” and generous, take deep breaths; be kind & honest,” and it is not taken from the weekly Torah...
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Middah Teaching from Moreh Alan

September 16, 2022

This week’s Torah portion is parshat כי תבוא (ki tavo).  Ki tavo can be translated as “when you enter” and it is referencing our ancestors who...