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Toward Shabbat: World's Teachers

10/28/2022 11:14:57 AM

Oct28

October 28, 2022
3 Cheshvan 5783
This week, we mark four weeks since the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh. I remember that Shabbat morning so vividRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Containers of Creation

10/21/2022 02:20:57 PM

Oct21

October 21, 2022
26 Tishrei 5783
It feels pretty incredible (and maybe even the point?) that every year when I study Parashat Bereshit, despite havingRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Right Enough

10/14/2022 11:49:57 AM

Oct14

October 14, 2022
19 Tishrei 5783
On Wednesday night, in the pouring rain, Abe and I attempted to hoist our schach, the branches that sit atop the sukkRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Song

10/07/2022 09:33:26 AM

Oct7

October 7, 2022
12 Tishrei 5783
You probably know how I feel about singing. I think that song, particularly in the context of community, has the powerRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Be My Leader

09/30/2022 09:46:42 AM

Sep30

September 30, 2022
5 Tishrei 5783
For most of the Torah, the Israelites have one leader - Moshe. All of that changes this week when Joshua is charged Read more...

Toward Shabbat: The Climb

09/23/2022 10:39:42 AM

Sep23

September 23, 2022
27 Elul 5782
My favorite services of the entire High Holiday lineup have always been Selichot and Neilah. But it only occurred to mRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Torch in the Dark

09/16/2022 08:14:11 AM

Sep16

September 16, 2022
20 Elul 5782

Part of Ki Tavo, which we read tomorrow, is rather cringeworthy. There are curses. Lots of curses. In the theologicalRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Hold our Heads Up

09/09/2022 08:35:26 AM

Sep9

September 2, 2022
13 Elul 5782
How long, Adonai, shall I cry out
And You not listen,
Shall I shout to You, “Violence!”
And You not save?
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Toward Shabbat: The Prophet in Us

09/02/2022 08:16:11 AM

Sep2

September 2, 2022
6 Elul 5782
We’ve probably all second guessed our words. Or perhaps we’ve walked away from a social situation and wondered if weRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Theology of Geography

08/26/2022 11:20:25 AM

Aug26

August 26, 2022
29 Av 5782
“There is a theology of geography,” Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder of the Chicago Theological Seminary wrote.  “TheRead more...
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