Archive for October 2020

October 30, 2020 The opening words of this week’s Torah portion, Lech-Lecha (Genesis 12:1- 17:27); God appears to Abraham and says: leave your land, your birthplace, your parents’ home, and…

October 23, 2020 This week’s Torah portion, Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32,) provokes many questions. Was EVERYTHING on the Earth that “corrupt” that it needed to be eradicated? By a flood, no…

October 16, 2020 A popular joke: One Yom Kippur the rabbi was warning the congregation about the fragility of life.  “One day everyone in this congregation is going to die,”…

October 9, 2020 There are two, fundamental stories that one can tell about the nature of time: In the first, most common in the ancient world, time is envisioned as…

October 2, 2020 These are tough times for everyone. Only a few days ago, we recited “who shall live and who shall die. This year we really feel our vulnerability…