Bereshit
Parashat Veyehi 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah Wrestling With Our Names: Lessons from Jacob/Israel A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayehi By Rabbi Rena Kieval (’06) Each of us has a name given by God and given by our parents Each … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayigash 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah Anti-Shemitism: The Power of Names to Turn Us Into an Abomination A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayigash By Rabbi Mitchell Blank (’21) In a recent notorious SNL monologue, Dave Chappelle proclaims: “There are two … Continue reading »
Parashat Mikeitz 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Mikeitz By Rabbi Ira Dounn (’17) How is the arc of your own story bending right now? I think about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quote “The arc of … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayeishev 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayeishev By Rabbi Greg Schindler (’09) Dedicated to the memory of my dear wife Barucha Esther bat Daniel v’Rachel (z”l) Dream On Dream on/ Dream on / Dream … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayishlah 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah My Parasha A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayishlah By Rabbi Andrew Hechtman (’03) On most any Shabbat the world over, b’nei mitzvah children rise before their community and state an affirmative obligation to maintain … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayeitzei 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayeitzei By Rabbi Steven Altarescu (’14) We are often running from place to place, from errand to errand, doing our best, tripping up, falling down and getting up … Continue reading »
Parashat Toledot 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Toledot By Cantor Robin Anne Joseph (’96) “Still waters run deep.” Coined several centuries before Shakespeare’s take-off in Henry VI, Part 2—Smooth runs the water where the brook … Continue reading »
Parashat Hayei Sarah 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Hayei Sarah By Rabbi Katy Allen (’05) Hayei Sarah – the life of Sarah tells of her death. Abraham is old, nearing his death as well, and he says to … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayeira 5783
How Do you Make a Well or a Ram Disappear? A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayeira By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg Twenty years ago, two experimental psychologists at Harvard, named Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, created what has become one of the … Continue reading »
Parashat Lekh Lekh 5783
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Lekh Lekha By Rabbi Rena Kieval (’06) Be a blessing! Vehe-yei berakha! I am always struck by the profound, surprising and somewhat mysterious words spoken by God to begin … Continue reading »
