Parasha Insights

A police officer once pulled over a couple driving in a speeding car.  The officer sidles up to the car and says, "I clocked you at 80 mph, sir."

The husband driving the car says, "Gee, officer, I had it on cruise control at 65, perhaps your radar needs calibrating."

Not looking up from her afghan, his wife says sweetly, "Now don't be silly dear, you know very well this car doesn't have cruise control."

The driver shoots a look at his wife as the officer makes out the ticket. “Be quiet!” he hisses at her.

The wife smiles demurely and says "You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did."

As the officer makes out a second ticket for the illegal radar detector, the… Read More »

Alexander the Great once sat in judgment on one of his soldiers, found the man guilty, and sentenced him to death.

Believing the verdict was unjust, the soldier asked to appeal it.
“To whom do you appeal?” asked Alexander, “I am the highest authority.”

“Your Majesty,” answered the condemned man, “I appeal from Alexander the small to Alexander the Great.”

As we celebrate this Passover season, I’d like you to consider this simple question. Every day we are bombarded by millions of pieces of information, all clamoring for our attention. So why do we remember some things and forget others? What makes something stick?

Contrary to what we might imagine, scientists tell us,1 memory is not l… Read More »