Rabbi Zusia lay on his death bed, eyes full of tears, with his students huddled around him saying, “Rabbi, why…
Two Minutes of Torah
It’s All In The Timing Upon hearing of a dangerous or challenging situation that invites us to stand up with…
In the words of Semisonic, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” How fortunate we are to enter…
Sukkot: A Counterintuitive Affirmation of Faith Most of us are aware of the symbolism of the Sukkah, the fragile structure…
The Incomplete Task In this era that almost idolizes efficiency, speed, and accomplishment, it seems profoundly archaic to imagine the…
This high holiday season, we will stand together as one congregation. Resolute and united. There is something extremely powerful about…
We, Jews, are a People of the Book, and more essentially a people of story. Our story defines who we…
Being There This week’s portion, Ki Teitzei, reflects much of the “kitchen sink” sense of the Book of Deuteronomy as…
When I think of the word “monolith,” I think of the scene at the very beginning of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:…
Does Judaism seem to favor any one of the five human senses? Prayer liturgy might direct us to the sense…