It’s All in What We Perceive… Shabbat Parashat Vayera October 19, 2013 – 15 Cheshvan 5774 It’s All in What We Perceive… This week I had the privilege of attending the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Centennial Convention in Baltimore. Over 1200 people joined to celebrate, to network, to learn and to create new and Continue Reading »
A Journey to Where…?! Shabbat Parashat Lech L’cha October 12, 2013 – 8 Cheshvan 5774 A Journey to Where…?! Here we go again…This year we are reading the first third of each weekly Torah portion for the Jewish year of 5774 in our Shabbat morning services. Of course, despite the fact that we read only Continue Reading »
Building Solid Foundations for the Future Shabbat Parashat Noach Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan October 5, 2013 – 1 Cheshvan 5774 Building Solid Foundations for the Future I hope you will join us as we celebrate the bar mitzvah of Sam Kluger this Shabbat! Mazal Tov to Sam and to his entire family! Our weekly Torah portion Continue Reading »
We’re all in the same Sukkah… Sukkot September 19, 2013 – 15 Tishrei 5774 We’re all in the same Sukkah… Not in the negative sense of the phrase (we’re all in the same boat), but in the most positive sense of the phrase – we are all in the same Sukkah! Although we are all Continue Reading »
A Yom Kippur Story Shabbat and Yom Kippur September 14, 2013 – 10 Tishrei 5774 A Yom Kippur Story A Hasidic tale tells of a conversation between a Rabbi and a Soap Maker. The Soap Maker was troubled by a theological conundrum. “Rabbi,” he asked, puzzled, “why is it that we have been studying our Continue Reading »
The Last Shabbat of 5773 is the Most Precious of All! Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim-VaYelech August 31, 2013 – 25 Elul 5773 The Last Shabbat of 5773 is the Most Precious of All! Every Shabbat is precious, but the last Shabbat of the Jewish year is the most precious of all. Each week, at the end Continue Reading »
Never Underestimate the Power of a Few Small Blessings! Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo August 24, 2013 – 18 Elul 5773 Never Underestimate the Power of a Few Small Blessings! It is so easy to complain about what is missing in our lives. It is so easy to enumerate all the things that we wish were Continue Reading »
Every Mitzvah Counts! Shabbat Parashat Ki Tetze August 17, 2013 – 11 Elul 5773 Every Mitzvah Counts! Although there is no unanimity in counting the exact number of mitzvoth [commandments] that are mentioned in this week’s Torah portion of Ki Tetze, it is clear that Ki Tetze records more mitzvoth than any other weekly Torah Continue Reading »
Being Present in the Moment Shabbat Parashat Shof’tim August 10, 2013 – 4 Elul 5773 Being Present in the Moment There is nothing like the sound of the shofar to wake us up to the fact that another year is drawing to a close. Time is passing. There is no turning back. And, there is Continue Reading »
Individual Choices Shape our World Shabbat Parashat Re’eh Shabbat Mevarekhim HaChodesh August 3, 2013 – 27 Av 5773 Individual Choices Shape our World Mahatma Gandhi reportedly said: “Be the change you want to see in the world!” Perhaps he read our Torah portion of Re’eh which begins with an exhortation to the individual: Re’eh, [See], Continue Reading »
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