by Rabbi | Sep 20, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
This parsha is one of the few where the triennial cycle and the annual cycle are the same. The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu (“Listen In”) consists of a 70-line “song” delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of...
by Rabbi | Sep 13, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog, Uncategorized
Shanah tovah. Thanks for being around to hear my words, and thanks to Adath Israel for the privilege of speaking this Rosh Hashanah. We are almost the end of the service, and almost at the end of Rosh Hashanah as we know it. We will do tashlich afterwards, because...
by Rabbi | Sep 13, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
Shanah tovah. Tonight is the second night, and we say Shehecheyanu again, but this time we say it over something new. Look at what we chose. A fruit. Something with seeds in it. Inside each of those seeds is an instruction manual: its DNA, wound in a double helix, two...
by Rabbi | Sep 13, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog
Shanah tovah. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you this new year. I’m grateful that you are all here. Years ago, a friend of mine was backpacking through Europe, and decided to go to Iceland. He stopped at a Chabad rabbi’s house in Reykjavik. The rabbi...
by Rabbi | Sep 13, 2026 | Rabbi's Blog, Uncategorized
Shanah Tovah. Tonight we stand on two thresholds at once. One is the threshold of a new year. In a few minutes we will say certain words from our tradition – let this year with its curses end, let this year with its blessings begin – and step across into 5787....
