Singing God’s Song
My dog’s leash has a knot in it. By the time I realized it was there, it had become too …
Category Archives: God
Holidays and Holy Days
Rabbi Elliot Dorff makes an important distinction between holidays and holy days. Holidays are meant for fun, celebration, relaxation, travel. …
Prayers of Gratitude
Thank you to all who reached out to check on me and my community as Hurricane Idelia bore down on …
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 …
We Rise — Above, Beyond
Today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. Even sadder than Yom HaShoah, which commemorates the murders …
Moses’ Words
In the turning of the Jewish year, each summer we come to the beginning of the Book of Words, D’varim, …
Moses Teaches God
There is a verse that is repeated in the Torah, over and over: “God spoke to Moses, saying…” What follows …
Curses and Blessings
Poor Balaam. He couldn’t get a break. A prophet-for-hire, he was hired by King Balak to curse the Children of …
The Search for Survivors
This week’s Torah portion is about a complicated relationship between leaders and would-be leaders. It’s called Korach, after the leader …
It’s Our Task, Not God’s
In this hyper connected world, it’s easy to forget that the connections go beyond the news, beyond mere knowledge of …
