If this week’s torah reading sounded familiar, then you were listening carefully! Last week the Parsha started out with instructions to build The Mishkan, the portable Tabernacle in the desert, Continue Reading »
This week’s parsha instructs us to craft a unique anointing oil: (Exodus 30: 22-30) “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Take for yourself spices of the finest sort: of pure myrrh, Continue Reading »
This Shabbat morning, we read the command to exterminate the memory of Amalek from the face of the earth: ספר דברים פרק כה יז) זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק Continue Reading »
President Trump’s speech Tuesday night started impeccably, with recognition of the African American’s civil rights struggles and acknowledgement of the attacks on Jewish cemeteries and Community Centers. He affirmed that Continue Reading »
Shabbat Shalom, I first want to thank all of those involved in organizing this Shabbat service to honor our current and past leaders, whose insight is invaluable, for without our Continue Reading »
In our Parsha, Pharaoh has second thoughts about releasing the Children of Israel. He pursues them and traps them by the Red Sea. With six hundred of his finest chariots, Continue Reading »
Last week, I attended the Plainview/Old Bethpage Interfaith Clergy meeting. Inevitably, the conversation steered toward the President’s travel and immigration ban. Clearly the Mufti from the Bethpage Islamic Center was Continue Reading »
In our Parsha, Jacob blesses Joseph with the following words, בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת עֲלֵי־עָ֑יִן A fruitful bough is Joseph, a fruitful bough over a spring… What does this Continue Reading »
In our Parsha, Joseph prepares his brothers for their meeting with Pharaoh. Desiring to preserve his family’s unique set of beliefs, Joseph wants his brethren to live apart from the Continue Reading »
He may be one of the most influential characters in the Bible. He set in motion over four hundred years of Jewish history, yet we don’t even know his name. Continue Reading »