Mission: To provide concise and insightful D’var Torahs that inspire personal growth, foster spiritual connection, and bring the wisdom of the Torah into everyday experiences.

Why: When COVID hit, I lost all my clients and my income. Like many, I felt disoriented and anxious. I tried launching a mask import business, then a polymailer website for shipping supplies. Both made a few sales, but neither took off. I was forced to pause and ask: Was I living my truth? Where was my faith? What were others doing that I wasn’t? I remembered writing a D’var Torah for my Shul president back in 2019. So I turned back to Torah, searching the weekly Parshah not for rituals or history, but for relevance. The D’vars I found online didn’t speak to life in 2020. So I wrote one. Then another. I sent them to friends and family. People started asking for them. Then business started to return. A mentor suggested I call it The Practical D’var Torah. A friend said, “Give it a home.” That night at 3:00am, the name and format came to me.

The D’var is about a practical message. Real Torah for real life. And so, every Friday, I send it out. Because this is my way of staying true, staying grounded, and helping others do the same.

D’var Timeline

The 1st D’var sent was to the Levi, the President which I read on Shabbat September 21, 2019.

Intensity vs Consistency. You cannot go to the gym and work out for 9 hours and expect to get into shape. It takes 20 minutes to 40 minutes 3 time a week. That is consistency. Same with Shabbos. Do the little things all the time. Light Candles, Make Brochas, Believe. Cover the bread. Doven….So I wish you a consistent Shabbos and a healthy upcoming New Year. Listen to the Shofar…Feel it inside…and change. How you do anything is how you do everything. Shabbat Shalom.

The next one was on May 22, 2020 during Covid.

Parshah Bamidbar: We read in the Talmud that “When one makes himself as the wilderness, which is free to all, the Torah is presented to him as a gift”. As individuals, we must strive to forge a healthy, coherent identity and must pass through the wilderness to reach “the promised land.” It’s a struggle to overcome inner forces of darkness, conflict, and sometimes we sulk and sink into whiny self-absorption, ingratitude, and self-pity. Especially during these Covid times. Our mindset has to change to think bigger and think our lives will be better every day, every week and every year. Think healthier, think to be a better person and be wealthier. Changing your mindset and creating massive action may be painful, but “growing pains” comes by its name honestly.

Shabbat Shalom.

Then July 3, 2020.

This week’s parshah Chukat-Balak records events that took place in the fortieth (and final) year of the Children of Israel’s desert sojourns. One of these sadder episodes is the death of Aaron, Moses’ brother. Aaron’s true legacy to the Jewish people is that he “loved peace and pursued peace.” Aaron was mourned because he directly contributed to “shalom bayis”, an ideal that partners have a shared responsibility to maintain their relationship. Our relationships are what we look back on when we evaluate our lives. Warren Buffet said that the measure of a person’s success isn’t how much money they amassed, it’s one very simple test – if the people that are supposed to love you…do. Invest in your relationships, it takes work but it is rewarding. Don’t wish you would spend more time with people who love you, do it! Shabbat Shalom.

And then it became weekly. B’H”