Archives: From the Rabbi’s Desk
Our Holocaust Torah – A New Mantle
Create a beautiful mantle for our scroll to use it throughout the year
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Korach – Turning 60 – Confronting the Inner Korach
Sometimes lines from our tradition can ruffle feathers a bit. That happened to me this week when I turned sixty and decided to see what […]
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Chukat – Meaning from Mourning
As we were preparing for Ben’s Bar Mitzvah, his father Vlad shared a poignant story. The background to the story is that both of Ben’s […]
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Shlach Lecha – Lifting up Painful Stories: Reflections on Tulsa
If there is a lesson from Judaism that I wish were more prevalent in America, it is to shine light on our most difficult moments. […]
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Bamidbar – Torah in The Wilderness
How come such a big part of the Torah happens in the midbar/the desert? And how come when we receive the Torah, which we will […]
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Behar Bechukotai – It’s Not Ours!
After creating the world and human beings, the Midrash teaches that God takes Adam around the Garden of Eden and says, “Look at My works! […]
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Bamidbar – Torah in The Wilderness
How come such a big part of the Torah happens in the midbar – the desert? And how come when we receive the Torah – […]
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Emor – The Power of Words to Hurt or Heal
There is a startling story at the end of this Torah portion. A half-Israelite gets in a fight with an Israelite, blasphemes the name of […]
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Emor – The Power of Words to Hurt or Heal
There is a startling story at the end of this Torah portion. A half-Israelite gets in a fight with an Israelite, blasphemes the name of […]
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