A Year of Transformation
Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5778 Hebrew is a fascinating language, and over the centuries scholars have loved finding hidden meanings in …
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Rosh Hashanah – Names of this Holy Day
Sermon on Erev Rosh Hashanah 5778 There is a book that many of my rabbinic colleagues read every year as …
Hineni — Here I Am
This week’s Torah portion begins with the most inclusive statement in the Torah. It’s a little long, but worth reading …
Hurricane Prayer
A friend wondered on my Facebook page whether there was a specific blessing to be said after a hurricane has …
Prayers of Thanks Before the Storm
You’d think praying would be pretty simple. But often it’s anything but. Sometimes it comes haltingly, or not at all. …
The Opposite of Indifference
One of my dogs has a slight limp, the result of an abusive past owner and advancing age. Lately, it’s …
“Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue”
Justice, justice, you shall pursue.* The Bible rarely repeats itself. So when the word justice appears twice in a single …
Charlottesville: Combatting Darkness with Light
“Jews will not replace us.” This was just one of the sickening chants we heard last weekend. This is nothing …
What Does God Want of Us?
Last week, the Torah portion included the Shema, the statement that is so central to Judaism, an injunction to pay …
“Say it again!” — Parsha Va’Etchanan
Last week my email started acting strangely. I didn’t know it at first, but my outgoing emails weren’t going anywhere…except …
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