Haggim
D’var Torah – First Day of Passover 5782
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for the First Day of Passover By Rabbi Marc Rudolph (’04) This Friday marks the beginning of Passover. I am certain that most of us will be keenly aware that … Continue reading »
Shabbat, the 7th Day of Pesah – 5781
Click HERE for an audio recording of this D’var Torah A D’var Torah for Shabbat, the 7th Day of Pesah By Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman The seventh day of Pesah is highlighted by Shirat Hayam – the song that we sang … Continue reading »
Shavuot 5780
A D’var Torah for Shavuot By Rabbi Heidi Hoover (’11) Most of us experience moments of transcendence in our lives. A moment of transcendence could be the first moment you realized you were in love with your partner. Or the … Continue reading »
Pesah 5780
A D’var Torah for Hol HaMoed Pesah By Rabbi Heidi Hoover When you were a child, did you ever resent the adults in your life enforcing bedtimes? Did you ever think, “When I’m a grown-up, I’ll be free to do whatever … Continue reading »
Last Days of Pesah – 5779
A D’var Torah for the last days of Pesah By Rabbi Heidi Hoover (’11) We are coming now to the end of Passover, our joyful spring holiday. At our seders, we asked questions, we learned, we discussed how we were … Continue reading »
Pesah 5778
Shir haShirim and the Kodesh Kodashim: Two Holies of Holies A D’var Torah for Pesah by Rabbi Jill Hammer I once had the privilege of being at a Torah service led by rabbi and chantress Shefa Gold. At the service, she … Continue reading »
Shavuot
by Rabbi Isaac Mann The Rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud refer to the holiday of Shavuot not by its usual Biblical name — Hag ha-Shavuot — but by the term Atzeret (see e.g. Rosh Hashanah 16a and Pesahim 68b), which is … Continue reading »
The Last Days of Pesah
by Rabbi Isaac Mann Many commentators on the Haggadah have pointed to the apparent contradictory symbolism of the matzah at the Seder table. On the one hand, we start the Maggid (telling of the story) section with referring to the … Continue reading »
Passover
The Four Cups and the Four Children: A Meditative Journey for Passover “I will take you out, I will save you, I will redeem you, I will take you to be my people.” Four promises of the Exodus, represented by … Continue reading »
Shavuot
Sinai and the Chariot: Two Guided Visualizations for Shavuot Rabbi Jill Hammer Both the revelation at Sinai and the revelation of Ezekiel represent profound moments in the history of connection between human being and the Divine. The two visualizations below are … Continue reading »
