Joy is the Redemption of Solitude
I bought a used crockpot some 15 years ago at a flea market for $4.00. It still works but it’s …
Category Archives: High Holidays
Open the Door to Transcendence
Today is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Return, immediately before Yom Kippur. But what does it mean for a person …
The Day of Atoning
To my friends and readers who are not Jewish: Today’s post is a call from my heart to both myself …
The Truth About the Torah? It’s Complicated
Laws, laws, laws. The Torah is stuffed with them. Some make perfect sense and help us to be better people, …
“You Shall Not Judge Unfairly”
“You shall not judge unfairly… Justice, justice you shall pursue.” If I was asked to sum up the Torah in ten …
A Time to Mourn… and a Time to Rise Up From Mourning
There is an old joke that the Jewish fall holidays are always early or late, never on time. Sometimes they …
The Tree — A Kol Nidre Sermon
Every week, as I lead services here at Kol HaNeshama I stand with my back to an enormous, beautiful tree. …
Sing a New Song
This weekend is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of return, which falls between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. Our Torah reading …
The Gifts & Challenges of Rosh Hashanah
I am disappointed. If you thought I was going to continue with, “I am disappointed in our elected officials,” you’d …
Through the storms, be a mensch
It’s storm season in Florida. It’s always like this in early September, although this year we haven’t had to deal …
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