Vayikra

Vayikra:
VAYIKRa - the Beginning of Learning - humbling ourselves to learn, and where to begin teaching children
Glory of God Humbling Us
Soul Improvement is Up to Us (COVID Torah)
Serving God as Body AND Soul
When the Fire is Divine

How Korbanos Can Very Much Be a Part of Our Lives
Sacrifices of Righteousness ONLY (no more victims of terror!)
The Sin of Doing (only) One Mitzvah
Looking to Find Real Happiness
A Name Reflects Character - the different (Midrashic) names of Moshe
Creating Positivity from negativity (and Encouraging greater Sabbath Observance)

The Middot We Learn from Moshe Rabbenu

Se'or and Honey - Not Fit For a Korban

Tzav:
Fire Should Not Be Extinguished (COVID Torah)
God's Unlimited Abilities
Chametz is the Bread of Freedom
Standing for moral Values - the Torah's way (initial reaction to the Fogel family massacre)
Karet - Guilty/Innocent, or by choice? - what brings about being cut off from the community? apathy and non-pursuit of education
To Heal A Broken Heart - healing after a devastating fire - will it ever be possible?
God Accepts ALL Offerings - and won't throw people out of the Jewish community!

Moshe Rabbenu - Always Growing and Modeling Improving Oneself

Conflicting Ideas Need a Resolution - Achieved Through Study

Living a Life of Kiddush Hashem - with a tribute to Senator Joseph Lieberman A"H

Shmini:

The Holy Nature of the 8th (Day)
What is My Destiny - a Lesson Moshe Learned About Facing His Destiny Head On
Two Kinds of Humility - What Made Aharon More Worthy to Be Kohen Gadol Over Moshe
A Time to Bless (someone else)
When Seven Turns Into Eight
Lessons Learned from the deaths of Aharon's Sons (with a tribute to the Fogel family massacre in Itamar)
NADAV AND AVIHU - a summary of my thoughts on the sons of Aharon from over the years

Preparing, Disappointment, and Rising Despite...

Is Death Always a Punishment?

Moshe's Frustration - The SOULS of His Nephews - beyond their physical existence
How Aharon and Elisheva Lived With Loss
Choosing Words, and Labels, Carefully
Why Eat Kosher?
The Uncle of Aharon - why is Uziel (father of Mishael and Elzafan) described as "Aharon's Uncle"
Doing What God Wants (sermon) + relates to Holocaust
Living to Eat or Eating to Live - some thoughts on tumah, taharah and holy living

SHMINI HAFTORAH - Putting the Other Person Above Religious Experiences (a sermon)

Tazria:
Understanding Circumcision - Sources and Modern Practices
Finding Simcha in the Simcha (COVID Torah)
Partners in Creation (and Infertility)

Infertility Awareness and the Power of Prayer
Never Again... Really? (Relates to the Holocaust as well)

Differences Between Animals and Humans - and the Power of Speech
Altruistic Priorities in Our Choices in Speech
Human Development in Two Worlds - two perspectives in pre-life and afterlife and impact of one on the other.
7 Days To Reflect on Life
The Torah and... The Bearded Lady?
Tazria and HaChodesh - a Time of Renewal

Metzora:
Motzi Ra or Motzi tov - Bringing out the best in others

The Metzora Emerged from Tzara'as More Humbled
The Bird that Lives

The Most Difficult Week is the Most Transformative
Respecting Others' (Jewish) Decisions - important lesson from how Tzaraat was diagnosed
Ear, Thumb, Toe - How the process of removing tzaraat was meant to be a spiritual renewal

Is God All Good? Always? Depends on Your Perspective

Acharei Mos:

Nadav and Avihu - Attainable Purity Unattainable Holiness
Yom Kippur Sacrifices - Merit of Forefathers (a lesson in being non-judgmental)
Animal Rights in their Proper Context
A tangent in the Torah - The Nadav and Avihu Bookends help Distinguish Between Tamei and Tahor
Against Consuming Blood: of the Dead AND the Living
Why Does He Keep Saying "I am God"? - Lessons in Kiddush Hashem behavior (post Nepal earthquake 2015)
V'Chai Bahem - To Truly Live
A Response to Tragedy
Blood is the Soul
Differentiating Between the Action and the Person

Kedoshim:
To Be Holy Means to Be Jewishly Knowledgeable - and to stop WORRYING

Choosing to Serve God (Free Will) - Because We WANT To

Life is Gray and Much is Unclear (COVID thoughts)

The Mitzvos That Lead Us to a Golden Rule
Honor and Reverence - The job of Parents to be Revered (with an ode to Shabbos)
Making Every Mitzvah Important - and Honoring Older People 
Good Advice - some thoughts on good, solid, Jewish living
What Was Molekh?
Against Consuming Blood: of the Dead AND the Living
"Holiness" does not equal "Spirituality"
Honoring Parents Forever

Emor:
Kiddush Hashem vs Chillul Hashem
Thoughts on the Eighth Day
Taking Precautions - with our children and Jewish lives
Discrimination Against Disabled? - Emotionally, maybe. Intellectually, NO
Irrelevance is Relative - how irrelevant Jewish practices (due to absence of Temple) might not be so irrelevant
Escaping the Unavoidable? - Decisions Help Us Overcome Fear
More than Not to Desecrate: CONSECRATE!!
Proper Education/Chinukh - Tumah and the Shema

The Sensitivity We Need - being mindful and sensitive when others suffer
Priestly Holiness and It's Strange Ingredients

Reservations on Tumah + an Ode to Joy
A Formula to Avoid Cruelty
Desecration of God's Name (in Tell-All Blogs)

Belligerence? Ambivalence? - Reflections on the outcomes of sin - Wood gatherer and blasphemer

B'Har:
Helping Others Survive (A VERY inspiring tale)
The Special Beauty of Shabbos
It's About the Land - A Different Perspective on "מה ענין שמיטה אצל הר סיני"
The Shofar of Jubilee
Shmittah = Trust in God
Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land
God, Egypt, and Care for Our Fellow Man
Reclaiming Liberty - Is it Possible?

(Re)Defining Redemption - What גאולה can mean, and how we need it so much in our day

Bechukosai:
Blessing of God's Presence
Not Kering At All
Using God's Goodness For Good

Where do We Go From Despair? - a way forward from tragedy
Value of Our "Seed"
Of Curses and Mourning - a Lament about Sefirah
Following ALL of Moshe's Teachings

Preparing for Kabbalat HaTorah