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...
When We nEed joy
02/28/2020 11:30:18 AM
Oy, do we need Purim this year!
Like so many other texts of our tradition, the Purim tale is one of survival and victory over oppression. We have our heros, Mordechai and Esther (and some would argue Vashti), who through creativity and...Read more...
Rules or Stories?
02/17/2020 10:51:19 AM
This week, a new chapter of the story of the Jewish people people begins. We have made our way from the family stories of Genesis, to Moses and the escape from Egypt. The Jewish people begin their years of wandering through the desert, they have crossed the Sea of Reeds, and they have received the Torah from Mt. Sinai. And then we reach a new chapter of the story that begins...Read more...
INward and OUtward
02/05/2020 11:37:22 AM
We know through the rituals and texts of our tradition that Judaism invites us to be on both an inward spiritual journey and also to keep our minds and ears open to the needs of the world around us. The path of Jewish life invites...Read more...
What is our song?
02/03/2020 01:41:09 PM
(Reposting of my sermon from three years ago)
Of all the countries in Europe, Estonia is not the largest, and clearly not the most well known. A small country across the sea from Finland and Sweden, and bordering Russia on its East, Estonia is definitely not on most people's list of places...Read more...
Why Revenge? Dvar Torah VaYechi
01/13/2020 12:19:39 PM
Playgrounds sometimes can be unfortunate models for how the world functions. A few weeks ago, I was at our favorite park with my kids and they were having fun playing, running around and chasing each other, and I hear the words that any parent gets very...Read more...
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