Catch Me Before I Fall
There are a lot of laws in the Torah—613, to be exact. Many are completely irrelevant to you and me. …
Category Archives: commandments
About Holiness, God, and Trusting My Dog
My thanks to everyone who was so kind about my essay on being a rabbi. Before I start writing about …
Building a Home for God
More than any other, this week’s Torah portion emphasizes the role of women in building community. Almost at the end …
Blessings
There is no commandment in the Torah to thank God for food before we eat. Which is a little strange, …
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 …
What Does God Want?
“If…then” propositions tend to worry me. Something has to happen for something else to happen. It presupposes an outcome which …
What is God’s Law?
Today is Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, so called because it is exactly seven weeks after Passover. But more importantly, …
What’s a Mitzvah?
“What is a mitzvah?” I was asked this week. “What does it really mean?” my questioner added. They had already …
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