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...
Breaking free: Israel, Shavuot and Peace
05/17/2021 07:44:00 PM
Bamidbar Dvar Torah May 15, 2021
Whenever I hear the news about violence and suffering in Israel, I like so many of you, take it personally. We have been to these cities, we have walked these streets and seen those faces before. ...Read more...
a year later
03/15/2021 01:32:21 PM
Parshat Vayechel-Pekudei
March 13, 2021/29 Adar, 5781
A year is gone. A year of a pandemic that came down like a rock a few days after Purim last year, and led to some of the deepest challenges that we have...Read more...
Feeding the birds
01/25/2021 01:51:57 PM
Beshalach 5780 (reposting my dvar Torah from the past year)
Waking up this morning and looking outside at the cold cloudy weather it is hard to believe that in just a few days on Tu Beshavat we are supposed to be imagining that the sap is starting to flow in the trees, that growth is beginning and yes, spring is on its way. After the amount of time I spent digging out my car last night, I am not sure if...Read more...
Seeing the flames
11/02/2020 01:49:43 PM
Dvar Torah Lech Lecha
As I assume most of you have noticed by now, I wear glasses. I am sure it is a familiar story, but like many people, it took me quite a bit of time to realize that I needed them. As I remember it,...Read more...
Sat, June 25 2022
26 Sivan 5782
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