by Rabbi | Oct 14, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
I want to thank Adath Israel for the privilege to talk to you tonight. Much has happened since our last Rosh Hashanah together, and I am thankful to have us as a community to process the sadness, madness and miracles of the past year. A story is told // about a...
by Rabbi | Oct 14, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
October seventh is a new date for us in the Jewish tradition. It’s a strange thing, this date, as it is now ingrained in our psyches – different from the Yom Kippur war, which began on Yom Kippur, because October seventh is not being called the Simchat Torah pogrom,...
by Rabbi | Oct 14, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
There are moments in our lives that clarifies things for us in ways we don’t really expect. And there are people who sometimes cross our paths just to clarify something for us, like a nudge on the right direction – and then they disappear. Like changing a vowel in a...
by Rabbi | Sep 1, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
“Re’eh,” means “See”. The texts says “see!! I place before you today a blessing and a curse — the blessing that will come when we fulfill God’s commandments, and the curse if we abandon them. As the Israelites go into the land, says the...
by Rabbi | Sep 1, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
Hey Jesse!! It was so wonderful to see you and your parents this past Shabbat. Here’s the notes for the drasha. == “Re’eh,” summary: Re’eh means “See”. The texts says “see!! I place before you today a blessing and a curse —...
by Rabbi | Aug 23, 2024 | Rabbi's Blog
Ekev is named after its second word which means literally “on the heel of”, i.e. “in consequence of” your obedience. It starts with one of the prominent themes of Devarim, Deuteronomy: whether or not God carries out the covenantal terms depends on the people of...
