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Toward Shabbat: A Smile from God

05/25/2018 10:55:11 AM

May25

May 25, 2018
11 Sivan, 5778

One of the Torah’s most famous lines, finding itself around many of your Shabbat tables, is found in this week’s ParaRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Individualized Torah

05/18/2018 11:02:09 AM

May18

May 18, 2018
4 Sivan, 5778

The next few days give us much to celebrate. On Shabbat morning, we will celebrate all who engaged in Jewish learning oppoRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Counting Sheep

05/11/2018 01:23:10 PM

May11

May 11, 2018
26 Iyar, 5778

When I was a kid, I remember going through old clothing and deciding what to donate. I picked out the things that I no lonRead more...

Toward Shabbat: No More Matza

05/04/2018 11:01:22 AM

May4

May 4, 2018
19 Iyar, 5778
We haven’t yet finished the leftover matza from Pesach in our pantry. I admit it, it’s taking too long. But yesterday wRead more...

Toward Shabbat, Toward Holiness

04/27/2018 11:18:13 AM

Apr27

April 27, 2018
12 Iyar, 5778

This week we read in the Torah a phrase that is simple, profound, and complicated. God instructs Moshe to speak to the IRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Bedrock of Love

04/20/2018 11:38:13 AM

Apr20

April 20, 2018
5 Iyar, 5778

When I was a kid, I was part of an Israeli dance troupe. Our costumes were exactly what you might imagine - blue and whitRead more...

Toward Shabbat: Never Forget

04/13/2018 11:04:23 AM

Apr13

April 13, 2018
27 Nissan, 5778

I often think about my Zayde, Leon Cooper z”l, in the Amida when we recite the m’chayei hameitim blessing, thankRead more...

Toward Shabbat: We Together

04/05/2018 11:50:49 AM

Apr5

April 5, 2018 20 Nissan, 5778 They say it takes several years, but yesterday I felt like a Memphian. It was a powerful and profound day to be here, to mark the passage of time, to acknowledge our successes and think about the work that has yet to beRead more...

Toward Pesach

03/30/2018 09:40:32 AM

Mar30

March 30, 2018 14Nissan, 5778 One of my favorite childrens Pesach books is The Carp in the Bathtub. It tells the story of a young girl living with her brother, parents, and grandparents in a small New York apartment. Every year, Mama comes home frRead more...

Toward Shabbat: A Shabbat of Hope

03/23/2018 11:02:44 AM

Mar23

March 23, 2018 7 Nissan, 5778 This Shabbat, the Shabbat immediately preceding Pesach, is known as Shabbat HaGadol, the Great Shabbat. According to tradition, the day that the Israelites got the instruction for each household to slaughter the lamb, tRead more...
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