1 Iyar 5780
April 24, 2020 This week’s double portion, Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33), first speaks of the effect of childbirth as a state of ritual impurity and then moves into the medical issue of tzara’at, a…
24 Nisan 5780
April 17, 2020 We read in this week.s portion, Parshat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47), “Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what Adonai meant when God said, Through those near to…
17 Nisan 5780
April 10, 2020 On the Shabbat during Passover, we read the special portion from Exodus 33:12-34:26, and we are reminded of the age-old desire to know God. Moses implores God…
10 Nisan 5780
April 3, 2020 This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36), teaches us that the priests are charged with performing all the sacrificial duties in the Tabernacle. Only they have full access…
3 Nisan 5780
March 27, 2020 Today’s world finds the notion of sacrifices primitive, archaic and a form of Divine service that is no longer necessary. Yet to the ancient, biblical world, nothing…
25 Adar 5780
March 20, 2020 This is a trying time for all of us, throughout the entire community, and this week’s double Torah portion, Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38) has a message for us, and that…
Our UPDATED Response to the Coronavirus and Covid-19
Friday, March 13, 2020 – 17 Adar 5780We want to give you an update about COVID-19 and its impact on our congregation and community. As we have just heard from…
18 Adar 5780
March 13, 2020 As I help prepare couples for their wedding ceremony, I explain to them that the broken glass at the end of the ceremony represents their status before…
11 Adar 5780
March 6, 2020 This Shabbat, we read from Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10), which teaches us about the special clothing for the priesthood. In addition, this is also Shabbat Zachor (Sabbath of…
4 Adar 5780
February 28, 2020 From the spiritual to the ordinary, from the metaphysical to the concrete, this week’s Torah reading, Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19), takes us from the extraordinary event at Mt.…
27 Shevat 5780
February 21, 2020 Case number one: A person was standing outside the house of prostitution, trying to decide: Should I or shouldn’t I? Should I go in or not? The…
20 Shevat 5780
February 14, 2020 I have always found it surprising and instructive that this week’s portion, Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23), which contains the revelation at Sinai and the Ten Commandments, is named…