What Will You Choose?
Ki teitze. “When you go out.” These are the first words of this week’s Torah portion. I stopped reading and …
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God on Zoom?
I received this email early Friday morning: “Rabbi, I wish that I could boost my spirits up for attending HH …
Listen! (and don’t waste your time on silly donkeys)
Once upon a time a donkey and a tiger were lazing nearby each other on a hot summer day. Suddenly …
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.”
Remembering Tragedy and Living with Hope
Of all the emotions we feel, the one that we humans are most averse to sorrow. We love being happy, …
The Reverend, The Rabbi, and King David
Friday morning was much busier than usual at my house. The phone was ringing, the doorbell was ringing, people texted …
Following God Through the Desert
Near the end of the book of Numbers, the Torah offers a travelogue of sorts, which lists the places where …
The Declaration of Independence and the Torah
“…When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have …
A Death Unnoticed. A Life Remembered.
Miriam’s death in the Torah is sudden and unexplained. Only five Hebrew words tell us that she died and was …
