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Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Making Space A D'var Torah for Parashat Pekudei By Rabbi Lizz Goldstein ('16) Some weeks feel like there is just so much ungodliness in the world; it’s hard to know where to even begin shining the light of Torah. I believe in the power of Torah, of Read More >

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 the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice” often, particularly when a desired Read More >

The Makings of a Great Leader Hayley Siegel In Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 1:10, our teachers Shemayah and Avtalyon teach, 'Do not become overly familiar with the government.' Indeed, our rabbis probably could never have imagined an election season quite like this one! With groundbreaking candidates, including an African-American, a female, a Mormon, Read More >

By Rabbi/Cantor Anne Heath In Parashat Mishpatim we reach the pivot point of the Book of Exodus. Until now we have been engaged with the exciting history of our ancestors' release from slavery in Egypt and the subsequent revelation at Mount Sinai. In the following weeks, our Exodus studies guide us through the vision and Read More >

by Cantor Sandy Horowitz In the Harry Potter books, Harry is able to take a strand of memory, slip it into a pool of water and then immerse himself in that pool in order to experience the memory.  Reading Torah can sometimes feel this way. Torah creates the opportunity to experience multiple planes of reality, Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayetze By Cantor Sandy Horowitz ('14) Our liturgy contains frequent reminders that our God is also the God of the three patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But from what we know about Jacob when we encounter him at the beginning of Parashat Vayetze, he seems like a poor choice for a Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayetze By Cantor Sandy Horowitz ('14) Our liturgy contains frequent reminders that our God is also the God of the three patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But from what we know about Jacob when we encounter him at the beginning of Parashat Vayetze, he seems like a poor choice for a Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Va'era By Cantor Sandy Horowitz ('14) Parashat Va’era begins with a continuation of the interaction between God and Moses from last week’s parasha. This week’s conversation seems to be a “do-over”, perhaps the result of God’s recognition that the relationship with Moses is going to be quite different from the earlier Read More >

Twelve Tribes Meditation for Parashat Bemidbar A D'var Torah for Parashat Bemidbar By Rabbi Jill Hammer Parashat Bemidbar describes how the twelve tribes encamp around the Tabernacle and the priests: three tribes on each side, with the Levites at the center. This sacred geometry is reminiscent of the months of the year and also of the Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Tetzaveh By Rabbi Cantor Sam Levine ('19) לְפָנִ֣ים ׀ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר הָאִישׁ֙ בְּלֶכְתּוֹ֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְכ֥וּ וְנֵלְכָ֖ה עַד־הָרֹאֶ֑ה כִּ֤י לַנָּבִיא֙ הַיּ֔וֹם יִקָּרֵ֥א לְפָנִ֖ים הָרֹאֶֽה׃ Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he would say, “Come, let Read More >