As we prepare to welcome Shabbat, we have an opportunity to consider one of Judaism’s most important aspirations: practicing chesed/compassion. Compassion is more than an ideal. It is the daily practice of noticing one another and responding with generosity. In a world that encourages us to hurry past one another, Shabbat reminds us that every person […]
Judaism has always changed with the times. This Shabbat, as we begin reading the book of Deuteronomy, we learn about one example. The writers of Deuteronomy changed biblical law to meet the needs of their time. Then the rabbis created the seder for a new world after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. So […]
This Shabbat, I hope we can celebrate together my gratitude for having been your rabbi for one year. It has been a year filled with countless opportunities to put our Jewish values into practice as a community. This week’s Torah portion reminds us how to do exactly that. In the end, Judaism measures us not […]
