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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 words in the English language you should never say together, in sequence, and those words Read More >

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 of us has a name given by our stature and our smile and given by Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Shemot By Rabbi Katy Allen ('05) I'm glad I wasn't an Egyptian back then. I'm glad I wasn't there to be ordered by Pharaoh to throw newborn babies into the river. (Exodus 1:22) Although, I've heard that I might not necessarily have had Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah The Presence and Absence of Names A D’var Torah for Parashat Vaeira By Rabbi Robert Scheinberg Last week’s Torah portion, the first Torah person of the Book of Exodus, is called “Shemot,” which means “names.” And in fact, the Torah portion begins with the names of the sons of Jacob Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Moses Gone Rogue A D’var Torah for Parashat Bo By Cantor Robin Anne Joseph ('96) In this week’s Torah portion, Bo, Moses goes rogue. True, he has already been known to have “acted out,” shall we say. There was the incident of Moses killing an Egyptian taskmaster upon seeing him beating a Hebrew Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Fear of Freedom? A D’var Torah for Parashat Beshalah By Rabbi Steven Altarescu ('14)The most powerful metaphor in Jewish thought is the exodus from Egypt. The story of the exodus has been read as a model of people seeking freedom in every historical period, as a symbol of rebirth and renewal, Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D’var Torah for Parashat Yitro By Rabbi Greg Schindler ('09)   “She generally gave herself very good advice (although she very seldom followed it)” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll How good are you at taking advice? I know that I could use a lot of work in this Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Yearning for Divine Intimacy, and the Call of Ordinary Life A D’var Torah for Parashat Mishpatim By Dr. Yakir Englander The weekly Torah portion – Parashat Mishpatim – opens with a long list of laws governing daily life. On the face of it, there is no hint of the previous portion’s numinous encounter Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah The Impermanence of the Natural world and the Eternity of God's Presence A D’var Torah for Parashat Terumah By Rabbi Mitchell Blank ('21) As I write these words, the death toll has risen to over 36,000 and tens of thousands more have been injured, let alone the untold number who Read More >

Click HERE  for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Remembering and Turning Things Upside-Down: Shabbat Zakhor and Purim A D’var Torah for Parashat Tetzaveh, Shabbat Zakhor, and Purim By Rabbi Rena Kieval ('06)                          “There is a certain people, scattered and separate from the peoples in all Read More >