21 Tevet 5780
January 17, 2020 Recently, I was sitting at Starbucks, enjoying my coffee. On the table before me was my special Starbucks coffee mug filled with coffee, and copies of some pages…
14 Tevet 5780
January 10, 2020 As we read the last portion in the Book of Genesis on this Shabbat, Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26), after Jacob dies, we learn: When Joseph’s brothers saw that…
7 Tevet 5780
January 3, 2020— A colleague once told me that he always liked the name of this week’s Torah portion. It’s the one where Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and they all…
30 Kislev 5780
December 27, 2019 Ever wonder why we are called Jews and not Hebrews? We started as Ivrim – Hebrews, from the word “ever“, meaning the other side of the river. But somewhere along…
23 Kislev 5780
December 20, 2019– Do you believe in angels? Are you an angel? If you ask the average Jew one will tell you that angels are a something Christians believe in—not Jews.…
16 Kislev 5780
December 13, 2019 (This week’s d’var Torah is an interpretation of a sermon by Rabbi Jonathan Sachs of England – I wish you a wonderful Shabbat as I will be…
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9 Kislev 5780
The beautiful story of Jacob’s dream, in which he sees a ladder reaching from earth all the way to heaven, with God’s angels streaming up and down upon it, is…
2 Kislev 5780
We read in this week’s Torah portion, Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9), And Esau became a man knowing the hunt, a man of the field…And Isaac loved Esau.(25:27-28) Where do blessings come from? Where do…
25 Cheshvan 5780
November 22, 2019 I am honored and blessed to serve this sacred community of Temple Shalom of Aberdeen these past 20 plus years. It is a blessing to visit with…
18 Cheshvan 5780
November 15, 2019 This week, in Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24), Avimelech, king of Gerar, faces a threat to himself and his household. Abraham enters the town and repeats his prior ill-fated decision…
11 Cheshvan 5780
November 8, 2019 Abraham was a traveler on a liberating path marked by potholes. He was commanded by God: “Lech lecha. Go. Go to yourself. Leave who you were behind,…