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HIJACKED - Shemini Parsha
#27
04/25/2025

When a relationship gets hijacked by personal agendas, it can't be holy. (Liat Mayerfeld)


INSPIRATION IS FOR AMATEURS- A Passover Podcast
#26
04/22/2025

"Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work."

— Chuck Close, artist

 

 

 


THE BIG FOUR - Tzav Parsha and Pesach!
#25
04/10/2025

Asking the same question in four different ways is soooo Jewish!!!

What's matzah got to do with it?!


STOP THE AZTECS- Parsha Vayikra
#24
04/03/2025

WHAT IS WITH THOSE SACRIFIES?!? 

"There's a lot of blood, sweat and guts between dreams and success" (Bear Bryant)

We are all born with blood and guts, but it is up to us to decide how we will use them.(Kathy Acker)

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." (Winston Churchill)


SOUL RHYTHM - Parsha Pekudai
#23
03/28/2025

Are you free.... Follow the rhythm of your soul.


WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?! Parsha Vayakhel
#22
03/21/2025

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?!?

Late night sweet nothings are really something!


THE RED CARPET - Tetzaveh Parsha
#20
03/06/2025

“Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.” Yves St Laurent

“The way we dress affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we act, and the way others react to us. Dressing well is a form of good manners.” Tom Ford

“Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you.” Ralph Lauren

“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contact is so quick. Fashion is instant language.” Miuccia Prada

“Dress s...


THE IKEA EFFECT - Teruma Parsha
#19
02/27/2025

“The main question isn’t how the world was created, but what we choose to do with it.” (Nechama Lebovitz)

"Don't avoid sin because you are too righteous— avoid sin because you are too busy"  (Kotsker Rebbe)


DO THIS! DO THAT! Mishpatim Parsha
#18
02/21/2025

Why do we need so many commandments?!?


CHOSEN FOR WHAT?! Yitro Parsha
#17
02/14/2025

What does it mean to be 'The Chosen Nation'?!??


THE FLOOR IS LAVA!!
#16
02/07/2025

"Just keep swimming..." (Dory)


OVER THE MOON - Bo Parsha
#15
01/30/2025

Have you heard about the restaurant on the moon? Great food but no atmosphere. 

How do you know when the moon is going broke? Its down to it's last quarter. 

What do you call a crazy clock on the moon? A lunartick.

Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushes, always pulls.

The moon.


HEARTBREAKING AND HEARTWARMING - Va'era Parsha
#14
01/23/2025

BothAnd - making space for multiple emotions


BETWEEN THE REEDS - Shemot Parsha
#13
01/17/2025

"Courage is grace under pressure" - Ernest Hemingway


ME, YOU, US - VAYECHI PARSHA
#12
01/09/2025

The only skill you need to write the next chapter is authenticity. 


I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER - VaYigash Parsha
#11
01/03/2025

I intend to live forever. So far, so good!


FASHION FIBS, REVEALED REALITY - Miketz Parsha
#10
01/01/2025

"clothing was invented to cover the superficial and discover personal truths"


UNDER THE CARPET - Vayeshev Parsha
#9
12/19/2024

OPPORTUNITY www.kii-nyc/donate

" The only way out - is through" (Rochel Goldbaum)


GLOW IN THE DARK - Vayishlach Parsha
#8
12/13/2024

How to shine brightly and influence people


When black and white becomes a rainbow - Parsha vayeitzeh
#7
12/06/2024


CHEATERS DO PROSPER! - Parshat Toldot
#6
11/29/2024

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes," (Mark Twain)


PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW - Chayei Sarah - Parsha
#5
11/22/2024

The past is the mother of the future.


ALL EYES ON SALT - Vayera Parsha
#4
11/14/2024

The eyes are the window to the soul


IS CHIVALRY DEAD?! - Lech Lecha Parsha
#3
11/08/2024

In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn - and fairy tales come true. (Walt Disney)

There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'(will.i.am)

Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based.(Letitia Baldrigeam)


STEAK OR SALAD??! NOACH PARSHA
#2
11/01/2024

Does Gd care if I order steak or salad? Is being vegetarian ideal?


FORBIDDEN FRUIT! - Bereishit - Parsha
#1
10/23/2024

Forbidden fruit tastes sweet, but its aftertaste is bitter. (John F. Kennedy)

I can resist everything except temptation. (Oscar Wilde)


Of Blessed Memory - vZot HaBracha parsha
#24
10/22/2024

In their death they commanded us "live!"

The righteous in their death are considered living.


Cosmic Chords - Haazinu Parsha
#23
10/01/2024

“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.” (Benjamin Disraeli)

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent" (Victor Hugo)

" There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres” (Pythagoras)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Vayelech parsha
#22
09/26/2024

" I'm getting old and maybe not feeling so great, but the alternative is much worse!" (Mama)

" There are two great days in a person’s life—the day we are born and the day we discover why."


L'Chaim to life! - nitzavim parsha
#21
09/22/2024

“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter,” “There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis” (Malcolm Gladwell)


choose us!! ki tavo parsha
#20
09/20/2024

“I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else?" (Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof)


Do.We.Hate.Them?! - ki teitzeh parsha
#19
09/12/2024

"If you hate a person, then you're defeated by them" (Confucius) “If you hate any person, you hate Gd, who created man in His image.” (Midrash)


we will dance again - shoftim parsha
#18
09/06/2024

We will walk again. We will dance again! (Am Yisrael Chai)


You Are What You Eat - Re'eh Parsha
#17
08/30/2024

"I can't stand people that do not take food seriously."

"When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins."

Oscar Wilde


remote control - eikev parsha
#16
08/23/2024

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." (Oscar Wilde)


live love pray live... - vaetchanan parsha
#15
08/16/2024

"You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." (Oscar Wilde)

Life teaches us how to love and how to pray. 


diamonds in the rough - devarim parsha
#14
08/09/2024

"The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it" (Oscar Wilde)

" He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives." (Oscar Wilde)

History is the futures diamond in the rough


water park anxiety - parsha masai
#13
08/02/2024

 "Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets."

" Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices."

(Oscar Wilde)

 

National travels reflect our own personal journeys. 


to vow or not to vow - parsha matot
#12
08/01/2024

“Most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life." (Oscar Wilde)

" Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” (Oscar Wilde)

 

Our commitments to ourselves and to others should be sacred. 


over the top?! - parsha pinchas
#11
07/26/2024

"Women when they love give everything." 

" The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life."

" Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”

(Oscar Wilde)

The fabulous five who changed halacha and history.Â