Read Our Rabbis' Weekly Messages
July 30, 2020
And You Shall Love(Deuteronomy 6:5) This past week was Tisha b’Av, the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, a day of mourning. According to the […]
July 23, 2020
These are the words אלה הדברים (Devarim/Deuteronomy 1.1) Imagine for a moment, you have been told you have only a short time left to live. After […]
July 16, 2020
סדר עדיפותSeder Adifut Re-Ordering PrioritiesThis week we conclude the Book of Numbers. It seems apt. My family and I have been counting down the days of quarantine […]
July 9, 2020
(a broken peace; The Torah’s letter broken into pieces.) Numbers 25:12 This week’s Torah portion, Pinchas, is an amazing example of the Torah commenting upon itself; […]
July 6, 2020
Gilui Anayim (Uncovered eyes)“The words of one..who sees..with uncovered eyes.” Numbers 24:4 Dear Friends, On Wednesday July 1st, my family and I arrived in Bedford. After […]
June 25, 2020
Dear Friends, So many times have I been asked: “Why did you become a rabbi?” I chose the rabbinate out of love for our Jewish heritage, and […]
June 17, 2020
Dear Friends, Tonight, as we commemorate Pride Shabbat, I think of the good,decent, and loving men and women for whom this month of June has great […]
June 10, 2020
Dear Friends, We Jews who have known so much persecution throughout history: We can surely identify with Black America and the struggle for justice and equality. So it […]
June 4, 2020
Dear Friends, Like all of you, I felt outrage when I first saw that brutal scene of George Floyd on the ground with an officer’s knee […]
May 28, 2020
Dear Friends, Today is the festival of Shavuot, commemorating our receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai some 3,000 years ago. And even as so much has […]
May 21, 2020
Dear Friends, While it is not possible to touch or weigh the human soul, it isa real part of us as any part of our bodies. […]
May 14, 2020
Dear Friends, This pandemic has caused us to focus a lot on the things that we are living without. No going to restaurants, no movies, no […]
May 5, 2020
Dear Friends, Memory has a central place in our Jewish heritage. The Torah commands us to “remember Amalek” who viciously attacked the Israelites soon after they had […]
April 29, 2020
Dear Friends, Some have said that we are living through a historic event of so-called “biblical proportions.” Yes, it is as a plague that precludes our being […]
April 22, 2020
Dear Friends, This Wednesday Israel will commemorate its 72nd Independence Day. Not only for the people of Israel is it a day of great celebration and introspection. And […]