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...
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...
The Musar of masks
08/03/2020 12:34:36 PM
Many months ago, we began a new class in our community “Musar in the Morning”. What began as a small group of people meeting twice a week for study and reflection has evolved into a powerful spiritual and practical “tool kit” to make our way through...Read more...
What is our vision?
07/20/2020 03:05:32 PM
This upcoming Shabbat marks an important time in the Jewish calendar, the beginning of a profound and sometimes challenging season of reflection on our personal and communal journeys. We complete this week with...Read more...
Mourning and hoping
07/13/2020 06:37:57 PM
This upcoming week, we enter into the month of Av. Here in the midst of the hottest time in the summer, when the land is dry and the sun is strong, we encounter a month most commonly understood as a month of mourning and...Read more...
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