March 4, 2024
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 4, 2024
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The Evolution of God’s Presence

Allow me to engage your creative side for a few moments. Come, join me, as we picture the magnificence of the Beit HaMikdash. Lets assume it is Erev Pesach. We travel together from distant lands to come eat the Karbon Pesach in Yerushalyim. After long travels, we finally reach the […]
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March 4, 2024
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 4, 2024
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The Purpose of the Ten Plagues

The dramatic and exciting exit from Egypt is quickly undermined by the Egyptian’s almost instantaneous regret of allowing the Jewish people to leave. Furious by the departure of their slaves, seeking revenge for the utter destruction on their land and people, the powerful Egyptian calvary, led by Paroh, geared up […]
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April 25, 2023
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at April 25, 2023
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Parshat Zachor

Three prominent enemies of the Jewish people appear throughout the Torah but only one bears the title of eternal enemy of the Jewish people. The מצרים enslaved us for hundreds of years. They drowned our babies and tormented our people. And yet, of them the Torah tells us לא תתעב […]
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March 12, 2023
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 12, 2023
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Parshat Ki Tisa

The elitism then of שבט לוי as opposed to the other שבטים is one of higher education. In a time when education was primarily a familial responsibility it was necessary to ensure one family retained the task of ensuring proper technical and detailed instructions were taught to future generations.
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