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Parsha Chukas - “Stating the Not-So-Obviousâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript There are many opinions as to what Moshe and Aharon did wrong at the incident of the rock. According to the Midrash Rabbah, it’s
Parsha Korach - “Heart-Hitting Consequencesâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript Back in Beha’aloscha, Moshe had been described as the humblest of all men. At the same time, in this week’s parsha, we find a s
Parsha Naso - “Venturing Beyond the Comfort Zoneâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript We all have our comfort zones. And we like being there because, well, it’s comfortable. It makes no demands on us to stretch or c
Parsha Bamidbar - “Priming People for Greatnessâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript Life constantly calls us into greatness. Sometimes we respond and sometimes we don’t. What makes the difference? Parshas Bamidbar
Parsha Bechukosai - “Giving and Getting it Allâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript If we go in Hashem’s statutes and observe His commandments, the Torah promises us incredible rewards. Rashi says that “going in
Parsha Behar - “Life in the Dyadâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript Hebrew is the only language in which the word for “lifeâ€, chayim, is in the plural. But more specifically, it’s not a plural
Parsha Emor - “Staying Within Your Worldâ€
RABBI DONIEL FRANK | Director, M.A.P. Seminars, Inc., Marriage and Family Therapist Click here to download PDF transcript The Torah tells the story about the blasphemer, the son of a Jewish mother and an Egyptian father who gets into a fight with a fell
Parsha Kedoshim - “Life’s Greatest Adventuresâ€
Click here to download PDF transcript The Torah tells us to “be holy,†and the Ramban explains it to mean that we can’t allow ourselves to become “degenerates within the confines of Torah,†people who look for loopholes to indulge in areas tha
Parsha Acharei Mos - “The Right Way to Loveâ€
Click here to download PDF transcript The first posuk in the parsha says: “Hashem spoke to Moshe after the death of Aharon’s sons when they approached before Hashem and they died.†And then the following posuk starts with the words, “And Hashem
Parsha Metzorah - “Staying Off the Sidelines of Lifeâ€
Click here to download PDF transcript Speaking lashon harah is a very serious crime. We all know that. It’s all over our literature. For example, the gemara says that lashon harah is more severe than the three cardinal sins. And the Shelah, on this we