Kindling Lights It is no coincidence that Chanukah lands in the darkest part of the year. Especially here in the…
Two Minutes of Torah
Where Can We Find God? Finding God is not an easy task for many of us. While Judaism affirms there…
This weekend, we commemorate our ancestors first taste of freedom from slavery with Shabbat Shira – a Shabbat of Song….
Why would God harden Pharaoh’s heart? In parashat Veira (Exodus 9:7) we read that in response to the plague of boils,…
A new chapter. The first start of a new book of the Torah for the year 5780. In the many…
A new chapter. The first start of a new book of the Torah for the year 5780. In the many…
Written by special guest commentator, Temple member Gitai Ben-Ammi The Torah seems contradictory in so many ways, but there is…
Free Will or God’s Will: Contradictory or Complementary? The power and capacity to choose is critical in Judaism. It is the…
This week’s parsha ends the three-week/three-parsha cycle of Jacob’s story. The three occur, to me, as a unit, if for…
Reunions We encounter our patriarch Jacob in a time of trouble in this week’s parasha, vayishlach. After having tricked his…