We are in the midst of the Jewish month of Elul, the month that ends the Jewish year. As we prepare for the new Jewish year, which begins…
This is not “River Dave’s” home David Lidstone, more commonly known as “River Dave,” says he can’t go back to being a hermit. He had lived off the…
With everything that 2020 has thrown at us, do we really need a Friday the 13th right now!? Judaism’s answer, ABSOLUTELY! Those who are afraid of Friday the 13th suffer…
As 5780, a year filled with so much suffering, illness, strife and division comes to an end tonight and we gather together online for our 6:00pm Erev Rosh…
As many of you know, we brought our daughter, Abigail, to college last week. Leaving her on campus as she prepared to begin her freshman year was an…
As we all struggle with scary daily COVID-19 numbers, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with anxiety. For many, the pandemic has made it almost impossible to focus on…
In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the Red Heifer, a young, female cow that has never had a calf herself, that holds within her incredible powers to…
Rebuilding, this is something we Jews have had to do for centuries. Time and time again, we’ve faced dangerous forces that have relentlessly targeted us for destruction. And…
There is a two-thousand-year-old story in the Talmud (Kiddushin 29b) that describes how a mazik, a destructive force, took over the study hall of Rabbi Abayeh. This mazik…
To my fellow Class of 2020 parents, Let me be as un-rabbinic, yet as appropriate, as possible: this stinks. Our kids deserve the pomp and circumstance of a graduation…