Amir KatsSep 1, 20186 minRemember Your StoryShabbat shalom. Parshat “Ki Tavo” has some interesting instructions for the Jews to carry out upon arriving in Israel. One on which I’d...
Bob KarasovAug 5, 20186 minHard to believe?Dvar Torah: Parshat Eikev. August 4, 1018 Eikev is the kind of Parsha that make it hard to believe in God. It opens with the message...
Wendy KhabieJul 15, 20184 minCities of RefugeAREI MIKLAT Several months ago, as I usually do, I spent Shabbos afternoon on the sofa in our living room catching up on New Yorker...
Alfie MarcusMay 7, 20184 minFixing the Shattered Divine LightWhat does it mean to accept the Torah? To what extent is a knowledge of the natural world a part of accepting the Torah? The Maharal...
Rabbi Max DavisMar 25, 20186 minTo Nosh or Not to NoshShabbat HaGadol 5778 I. Background A. Mishnah, Pesachim 10 [Then] they set [food] before him. He dips the lettuce before he reaches the...
Judy SnitzerMar 17, 20187 minAll these Mitzvot are to remember the ExodusDvar Torah 3/17/18 Judy Snitzer Its two weeks before Pesach, Today is rosh chodesh Nisan and I have come to understand that Pesach has a...
Bob KarasovJan 7, 20186 minCognitive DissonanceLately, I have been reading the parsha, without looking at the commentary. I read the text to see what questions emerge and then try to...
Judy ShapiroOct 22, 20177 minWhen does Community become oppressive?I have often puzzled over the story of the Tower of Babel, which comes near the end of our parsha today. The 9 sentences that form this...
Alfie MarcusOct 7, 20174 minG-d is Unknowable, Shake that Lulav.2nd day sukkot 5778 So, we shake the lulav and Etrog and we sort of proclaim like Chabad, G-d is here there and everywhere. And we...
Naomi OxmanSep 30, 201712 minYom Kippur Dvar TorahYK DVAR TORAH SEPT 30, 2017 DN (naomi oxman) Dedicate to mom on bd today, ‘til 120! Visit home from NY grad school, out of clear blue,...