“The image of the awful cruelty that tyrannical rulers inflicted upon them,” wrote Orthodox rabbi Aharon Shemu’el Tamares of his fellow Jews in 1912, “is fixed too firmly before their gaze for them to desire to be tyrants themselves and not to keep in their hearts a deep hatred…
Priest and Prophet alike, they all act falsely… saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. – Jeremiah 8:10-11 “What I wish I could have done for…
Why does the Jewish year begin with Rosh Hashanah? At first glance, the question appears nonsensical. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Jewish year…
Our parshah, Bekhukotai, begins with God’s promise of blessings if we follow the Torah. Among those blessings is a passage that may be familiar from the…
This week’s Torah portion, Metzorah, offers us valuable insight for navigating the challenges and joys of living in bodies prone to breaking down…
When I was a kid, my mother used to read me a story called, “In a Dark, Dark Wood.” It began like this: In the dark, dark wood, there was a dark, dark…
Dvar Torah given for Parshat Bo A small group of Jews eats indoors. Though their neighbors are close by, they can’t go out and see them right now …
D’var Torah given on 12/18/21 On the plus side, we’re all getting quite a good education in the Greek alphabet. We might not be learning the order quite…
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