Harry’s Video Blog – Don’t Be A Heel – Eikev 5773
This week’s Torah portion takes its name from the unusual word used to describe our reward…
Harry’s Video Blog – Oh Say Can You Hear – Vaetchanan 5773
The Jewish national anthem – Shema Yisrael – appears in this week’s Torah portion. Why do…
Harry’s Video Blog – Hard Knocks – Tisha B’Av 5773
On Tisha Ba’av, we weep while recalling the most difficult moments in Jewish history. So how…
Harry’s Video Blog – Swear Words – Parshat Matot/Masei 5773
This week’s Torah portion discusses the annulment of vows. So when we say Kol Nidrei on…
Harry’s Video Blog – We Are Family – Parshat Pinchas 5773
Pinchas’ act of zealotry in Numbers chapter 25 earns him the priesthood. But it also casts…
Harry’s Video Blog – Avada Kedavra – Parshat Balak 5773
Long before Voldemort and Saruman uttered their first fictional curses, the Jewish people faced off against…
Harry’s Video Blog – Who Let the Snakes Out? – Chukat 5773
The Jews are bitten by snakes after complaining again in the desert. At G-d’s instruction, Moses…
Harry’s Video Blog – Not You Two Again! – Korach 5773
Korach is joined in his rebellion by Moses’ life-long antagonists, Doson and Aviram. Will Moses jump…
Harry’s Video Blog – Do They Play Baseball in Heaven? – Shelach 5773
The Jews are told they have to spend an additional 40 years wandering in the desert….
Harry’s Video Blog – It’s So Easy Being Green – Beha’alotcha 5773
Aaron was upset that he and his tribe did not get to donate offerings for the…