While on a summer vacation on the East Coast, my family and I visited some spectacular sights in northwestern North Carolina, especially near Ashville, N.C. On our way to Ashville, we stopped and asked directions from a fine gentleman who turned out to be a Methodist minister.
When the woman at the ice rink said to me, \”Remember, listen well for when you do you really can achieve anything,\” she was, in effect, summarizing the message of Parshat Mishpatim: Listen to the words of Torah and you can achieve a just society.
\”You shall not eat anything abhorrent,\” the Torah (Deuteronomy 14:3) tells us. And while the Torah is referring to camels, rabbits, badgers and pigs, I would today include foods that that are high in fat and sugar and low in nutritional value. Foods that have been injected with hormones and antibiotics or treated with pesticides. Foods with a shelf life longer than the average life span.
The freeways were quiet and the city seemed peaceful at 4:30 a.m. as I drove to the hospital.
At first glance, the title of Esther Jungreis\’ new book, \”The Committed Marriage,\” seems a bit redundant. After all, isn\’t commitment
the whole point of getting married?
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