As we are in the midst of counting the Omer (the daily counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot), its very appropriate that we read this mitzvah in…

The double Torah portion of Acharei Mot/Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-20:27) offers rich and timely lessons, especially meaningful for a milestone like Hebrew High School Graduation (which we will celebrate tonight!). The first part of this week’s…

This Shabbat, we take the time to express our gratitude for our Religious School Faculty. Each and every one of them are dedicated to teach our children about their Jewish…

(This week’s Shabbat Greeting is inspired by the words of Rabbi Craig Ezrig) – This week’s portion is called, Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47). The word translates to the number, eight. The Eighth Commandment is, Thou…

This Shabbat, we celebrate the last day of Passover and observe Yizkor, a service of memory of our loved ones who have died. In case you did not know, Tevye,…

We read in this week’s Torah portion, Tzav (Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36), “Take Aaron along with his sons, and the vestments, the anointing oil, the bull of sin offering, the two rams,…

The book of Leviticus opens with the word, “Vayikra,” and [God] called. This is also the name of our portion this week, Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) “And [God] called to Moses” and told him…

This Shabbat, Shabbat HaChodesh (announcing the new month of Nisan), is one of the four specially designated Shabbatot before Passover. In other words, Passover is almost here! Six months ago, we were celebrating…

This shabbat is a special one indeed! First we read the weekly portion of Vayakhel  (Exodus 35:1-38:20)and we begin the preparation for the festival of Passover which begins in three weeks by…