The power of the Seder
04/21/2022 11:53:30 PM
Every year when we sit down to our Passover seders, I reflect on the great miracle of this experience. The miracle is not that the sea split as the Israelites were on their way to freedom. That was pretty nice. The miracle is not even...Read more...
What is holding us together?
01/24/2022 02:09:17 PM
I've had a lot on my mind this week. As you know, last week, at around this time at a suburb outside of Dallas, Texas, the horrible situation took place as five people were taken hostage at a Congregation Beth Israel during a Shabbat service. As I mentioned in the letter I wrote to this community, while anything that affects the Jewish community or a place of worship feels especially difficult as a rabbi, this one hit very close to...Read more...
A New Page
01/05/2020 11:57:16 AM
On a warm summer day a little over 7 years ago I started a habit. While I wish I could say I started daily training for a triathlon, or took on the challenge of fulfilling my lifelong dream to become fluent in Klingon, what I did was something that at least on the surface was much more mundane. ...Read more... Every Person Matters
12/13/2019 11:38:53 AM
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
– Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes in the Torah, the smallest and most seemingly...Read more...
More Than a Name
12/09/2019 10:16:05 AM
Walking around with a name like Boris has gotten me in a lot of trouble. Even in the US, a country with a diversity of people and an equal diversity of names, my name always stood out. Upon hearing my name, people would...Read more...
I Submit to This Truth
12/02/2019 12:19:16 PM
Whenever tragedy strikes in the world, we start asking the toughest of questions, and we often become unsure of what should be done to bring us back to a place of healing and peace. In some ways, the past few weeks have been no more...Read more...
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