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Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Do You Believe In Miracles? A D'var Torah for Parashat Devarim By Rabbi Marc Rudolph ('04) In the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses assembles the Israelites on the plains of Moab, poised to enter the Land promised to our ancestors. In a series of three speeches, Moses recounts Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Studying Torah 101 A D'var Torah for Parashat Va'ethanan By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg I first began to study Talmud in 7th grade in the Jewish day school I attended as a child. Those first months of Talmud were intensely frustrating. The Talmud, as a work of law, Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Of Bread and Potential A D'var Toraj for Parashat Eikev By Rabbi Katy Allen ('05) The grass dries out in the heat– it’s brown now. Flowering plants, and even shrubs, are wilting, their leaves dull and stiff, the bright blue of the sky day after day broken Read More >

Click HERE  for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Re'eh By Rabbi Enid Lader ('10) Our Torah portion this week is Re'eh - Deut. 11:26-16:17. In chapter 15, Moses continues to speak to the people about what to expect as they come into the new land. "There shall be no needy among you - since the Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Idols of Our Own Making A D'var Torah for Parashat Shofetim By Rabbi Matthew Goldstone Our parasha this week begins with a call to justice – we must establish reliable judges who will judge with integrity and we ourselves must actively pursue justice. Immediately following this charge, the portion Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah The Value Of Life A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Teitzei By Rabbi Jill Hackell ('13) This week’s parashah, Ki Teitzei, is filled with a wide variety of mitzvot. It contains, perhaps, the most laws of any other parashah in the Torah. I’d like to focus on two of them. The first is Read More >

Click HERE  for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Ki Tavo By Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman Parashat Ki Tavo begins with two mitzvot which are declarations. The first is that of Bikkurim - the first fruits. This declaration is very familiar to us as it forms the basis of the Maggid section of the seder (Arami Oveid Avi… (Deut 26:5-10). The Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Nitzavim By Rabbi Doug Alpert Growing up I always looked forward to an excerpt in the Siddur on Shabbos morning immediately following Ein Keiloheinu toward the end of Musaf. It is taken from Talmud Bavli, Berakhot 64a, “Rabbi Eleazar said in the name of Rabbi Hanina: Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayeilekh By Rabbi Matthew Goldstone This past week thousands of Jews gathered in person and online to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. We now find ourselves in the midst of עשרת ימי תשובה, the 10 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur. Yet, even Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Ha'azinu By Rabbi Matthew Goldstone Our parasha this week begins with calling heaven and earth as witnesses (see Deut. 31:28) as Moses sings his final song to the people. The natural imagery continues as Moses compares his words to rain and dew, and refers to God Read More >