“You Are a Demented Ostrich!”
I love studying Talmud. As long as it’s in English, that is, because I came to the rabbinate in my …
Category Archives: belief
Jews: “The Sacred Ability to Rise Again”
The Jewish world is poised between two realities. Right now, we dwell in the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom …
Above My Pay Grade: Wrestling With God’s Plan
This weekend, I will lead Shabbat services at a synagogue for the first time in months. It’s a synagogue I …
Celebrating My Birthday and My Life
This week marks two milestones in my life. On July 3rd, eleven years ago, I began what became a weekly …
Shavuot: Life Lessons from Torah
Inspiration: The act of taking in something indescribable, ineffable, impossible to see, touch, or explain, and turning it into something …
The God I Believe In
The book of Leviticus ends with two lists – one of blessings, one of curses. The shorter list is the …
Second Chances
You may not have noticed, but this past Wednesday was Pesach sheni – literally, second Passover. It’s designed for people who can’t …
The Time is Now
I keep reading that time is a construct. Meaning, we humans made it up. Here’s how author Blake Crouch put …
“You Shall Be Holy”
The Holiness Code is my favorite part of the Torah, and not just because it was my bat mitzvah Torah …
24 Years
January 29 was a Friday in 1999. The next day we went to a chilly, deserted Siesta Key beach and …
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