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 …
Category Archives: Moses
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, …
The Narrow Places
We all have our narrow spaces to escape, and our own Pharaohs holding us back. Sometimes the tyrant is our …
The Hands of God
This week I traveled to Denver to attend a conference of rabbis and cantors, and to watch ten new rabbis …
In the Beginning
We tend think of time as a straight line, marching inexorably forward. But we live within an endless mobius strip …
The Poetry of Brokenness
Robert Frost once said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.” In …
Grief
Miriam’s death in the Torah is sudden and unexplained. Only five Hebrew words tell us that she died and was …
Eulogy Virtues
I was recently asked for a copy of my resume. This wouldn’t be odd except that I’ve announced that I’m …
Liminal Spaces: Betwixt and Between
Whenever I read Deuteronomy I think more about the Children of Israel than Moses, who’s doing all the talking. They …
What Would Moses Say?
He’d say, “Get vaccinated… and love God with all your heart.”
