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Toward Shabbat: Inside and Out

03/21/2025 09:38:42 AM

Mar21

March 21, 2025
21 Adar 5785
As we step into this Shabbat, we encounter a striking juxtaposition between our two Torah readings. In Parashat Vayakhel, Read more...

Toward Shabbat: Giving of Ourselves

03/14/2025 09:32:36 AM

Mar14

March 14, 2025
14 Adar 5785
I’ve always loved the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot—giving gifts of food to others on Purim. My Mishloach Manot have neveRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Hidden Presence

03/07/2025 08:41:16 AM

Mar7

March 7, 2025
7 Adar 5785
There’s an interesting parallel between this week’s parsha and the upcoming holiday of Purim. This week, in the first ToRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Divine Souvenir

02/28/2025 10:45:22 AM

Feb28

February 28, 2025
30 Shevat 5785
This week we enter into a series of portions that are a fundraiser’s dream. The Israelites are asked to give, and tRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Tears

02/21/2025 09:06:26 AM

Feb21

February 21, 2025
23 Shevat 5785
Over and over again, I have found myself saying—both to myself and out loud—“there just aren’t any words.” Read more...

Toward Shabbat: Personal Revelations

02/14/2025 09:39:36 AM

Feb14

February 14, 2025
16 Shevat 5785
This week, the Torah offers us the gift of Revelation in the most powerful of ways. Parshat Yitro brings us to the foRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Celebration with Song

02/07/2025 09:08:07 AM

Feb7

February 7, 2025
9 Shevat 5785
The beginning of this week’s parsha, Beshallach, places us in the immediate aftermath of the Israelites’ liberationRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Hope Without Limits

01/17/2025 12:46:42 PM

Jan17

January 17, 2025
17 Tevet 5785
This whole week has felt like a big inhale - continuously holding my breath - waiting for this deal. This deal that wiRead more...

Toward Shabbat: The Greatest Kindness

01/10/2025 10:46:16 AM

Jan10

January 10, 2025
10 Tevet 5785
It’s the very end of Genesis, and it’s the end of Jacob’s life. It’s the end of our story as it’s told about Read more...

Toward Shabbat: Nourishing Blessings

12/27/2024 10:23:36 AM

Dec27

December 27, 2024
26 Kislev 5785
I’m no dream-interpreter, but something about Pharaoh’s dreams always seemed obvious to me. Maybe it’s simply bRead more...
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