Rabbis deliver “words of Torah” each Shabbat, musing and commenting on the weekly Torah portion. Here are some of the texts I’ve shared with my community.
Maidenhead Synagogue, Yom Kippur 5785, 11 October 2024 The other day, after the Tashlikh ceremony on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, I was walking back to the parking lot with one of our members, and we got into a discussion about the content of...
Maidenhead Synagogue, Rosh Hashanah 5785, 3 October 2024 What more can be said about the Akedat Yitzhak, the binding of Isaac, a story so central to our tradition, and which I just read to you this Rosh Hashanah morning? This passage is one of the...
The Power of Resilience: Finding Harmony in Broken Strings Maidenhead Synagogue, Erev Rosh Hashanah 5785, 2 October 2024. I want to begin with a story, perhaps more urban myth than historical fact, but one brimming with truth. It’s a story about...
There’s an old tale about an eastern monarch who challenged the wise men of his kingdom to craft a sentence that would hold true in every circumstance, no matter the highs or lows. After deep deliberation, they offered him this: “This too shall...
Parashat Sh’lach Lecha – Pride Shabbat Kingston Liberal Synagogue 28 June 2024 / 22 Sivan 5784 Each year, Pride Month unites the LGBTQ+ community in celebration and reflection. For us in the Jewish world, Pride Shabbat offers a moment to look...