Darchei Noam דרכי נועם

Parshat Nitzavim

Parshat Ki Tavo

Parshat Ki Teitsei

Parshat Shoftim 5780

Eikev 5780 Shnayim Mi Yodeya Shnayim mi yodeyah? - Who knows two?... The composer of this 500-year old Pesach song might have missed...

Shabbat Nachamu 5780 Lessons in Nichumim from one of Israel's Toughest Mothers This past Tisha B’Av following our Darchei Noam Eichah...

Tisha B'Av 5780 I have been troubled by the phrase sinat chinam for several years, but have been unable to figure out why.  Sinat chinam,...

Parashat Matot Masei 5780 וְהִצִּ֨ילוּ הָעֵדָ֜ה אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֗חַ מִיַּד֮ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּם֒ וְהֵשִׁ֤יבוּ אֹתוֹ֙ הָֽעֵדָ֔ה אֶל־עִ֥יר מִקְלָט֖וֹ...

Parashat Pinchas 5780 Shabbat Shalom. Last week’s parshat Balak concluded with the tumultuous deeds of Pinchas.  His decisiveness and...

Parashat Chukat - Balak 5780 Tucked into our tefillot every day of the year - weekdays, Shabbat and holidays – is Tehillim 30, Mizmor...

Parshat Korach 5780 Shabbat shalom. These past two weeks, our community has been engaged in a challenging experiment to determine if we...

Shabbat shalom. What follows are two markedly different reflections written by two volunteers from last week’s Lake Street cleanup.  In...

Chag Same'ach & Shabbat Shalom! Perseverance B'Tzelem E-lohim Good Yuntif! Since 1997, NASA has held competitions for children to name...

Parshat Acharei Mot - Kedoshim Yamim Kipurim

Parshat Tazria Metzora

Yom HaShoa, Parshiut Shemini, Metzora

In the old time cheders of Europe, the first book of Torah taught to boys was sefer Vayikra.  With so many statutes and laws, Vayikra...

Dvar Torah Parshat Yitro 5780 Feb 15, 2020 Ed Rapoport Our parasha is named for Yitro, Moshe’s father-in-law who in the parasha becomes a...

Shana tova and Gmar Tov. I want to begin by talking a bit about Gematria. The word Gematria means “an alphanumeric code assigning a...