Moses Had A Bad Day We all have our bad days. Sometimes we’re just not up to par. In our Parsha, Moses, our great leader, has one of those days. Continue Reading »
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn This Sunday was Mothers’ Day as well as Yom Yerushalayim, the day we regained sovereignty over all of Jerusalem through victory in the Six Continue Reading »
Sinners or Saints? The Death of Rabbi Akiva’s Students One would think that if a mourning period was declared, it would be over some thing or person worth mourning. Yet, we Continue Reading »
Friedrich Nietzsche and the Plague of Tzaraat Today’s Parsha deals with metaphysical affiliations of the skin, clothes or home called Tzaraat. Many of the readings in Leviticus are wearying; Continue Reading »
Spiritual Resilience This past Thursday was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance day. The Holocaust means something different to each one of us. Some of us are children of survivors, or lost Continue Reading »
Making Sense of Death Yizkor is a moving service to honor those precious friends and family members whose presence is so sorely missed over the holidays. Some of them passed Continue Reading »
The New Four Children Thanks to Michael and Sharon Dashow, who were kind enough to invite my family to their Seder, my first Seder was fascinating and enlightening. The Dashows Continue Reading »
Modern Day Exoduses We recall the exodus from Egypt twice daily with designated prayers in the morning and evening services. Two nights a year, we celebrate this event with prolonged Continue Reading »
The Science Behind Belief This past Wednesday, Stephen Hawking, the most famous theoretical physicist of our time, died at age 76. Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries of space, Continue Reading »
The Sexists Among Us Thursday was International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women throughout history. Between the women taking the lead at Sunday’s Oscar awards, Hope Continue Reading »