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Toward Shabbat: Thank You

06/20/2025 08:42:05 AM

Jun20

June 20th, 2025
24 Sivan 5785
When I began writing these Friday missives eight years ago, I don’t think I knew what they would become. I would sit dRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Guided by Spirit

06/13/2025 09:59:25 AM

Jun13

June 13th, 2025
17 Sivan 5785
As I sit here on Friday, I find myself gripped by fear. Fear for Israel. Fear for our people. Fear for the world. And tRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Carrying Blessing

06/06/2025 09:01:42 AM

Jun6

June 6th, 2025
10 Sivan 5785
This Shabbat, we read Parashat Nasso, which contains one of the most intimate and beloved moments in the Torah: the BirkaRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Counted and Seen

05/30/2025 08:56:11 AM

May30

May 30th, 2025
3 Sivan 5785
In Parshat Bemidbar, the Israelites are counted and placed as God instructs Moshe to take a census of the people. Each perRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Rage and Purpose

05/23/2025 09:42:35 AM

May23

May 23rd, 2025
25 Iyyar 5785
Sarah Milgrim was from Prairie Village, a small suburb of Kansas City, the same place I’m from. More than ten years youRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Imperfectly Whole

05/16/2025 10:49:55 AM

May16

May 16th, 2025
18 Iyyar 5785
This past week marked a date on the calendar called Pesach Sheni, the “second Passover.” While it’s not really a dRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Holy Path

05/09/2025 10:56:25 AM

May9

May 9th, 2025
11 Iyyar 5785
I often think that religion offers us pathways to be holy, not just pathways to be good. There are many pathways to be a gRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Our Story

05/02/2025 09:28:11 AM

May2

May 2nd, 2025
4 Iyyar 5785
On Thursday morning, I opened the Torah to the special reading from Deuteronomy read for Yom Ha’Atzmaut. It begins with tRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Sanctity of Life

04/25/2025 10:27:25 AM

Apr25

April 25th, 2025
27 Nissan 5785This week, in Parshat Shemini, we stand with the Israelites at the edge of a tremendous spiritual milestone. After allRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Pain and Hope

04/11/2025 08:15:05 AM

Apr11

April 11th, 2025
13 Nissan 5785
As Pesach approaches, our minds often leap ahead to the big moments: the splitting of the sea, the triumphant songs oRead more...
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