Holy Schlepping
Age is more than a number if it identifies your role in society. If you are in between 30 and 50, then Torah says you are of an age to […]
Entries by R' Evan Krame
In the Wilderness: How to Receive Torah
Next weekend (June 11, 2016) is Shavuot, Festival of Receiving Torah, when we evoke standing together at Sinai to receive anew the wisdom we call Torah. As preparation, this week’s Torah […]
Curses into Blessings
The Tokheha (Admonishment) refers to the passage of curses that Moses relayed to the Israelites by way of moral lesson and warning. These curses are repeated twice in the Torah, in this […]
Give it a rest!
President George Washington instituted a sophisticated seven-year crop rotation system in his fields to improve agricultural output. He probably learned this system of giving fields a rest from Torah parshat […]
Blemishes, One and All
One of the greatest blemishes on Biblical tradition is how it treats the so-called “blemish” of those who might be called into spiritual service. This week’s Torah portion (Emor) shines […]
Holy Shabbes, Batman!
The Torah portion this week contains the Holiness Code, Leviticus Chapter 19, which repeats either explicitly or implicitly the Ten Commandments as well as some additional instructions or commandments for […]
My Mourning Jacket
I meet a lot of people just after the death of a spouse, parent or child. Often I wonder how they find the strength to re-establish their lives after devastating loss. […]
Mixing Bitter with Sweet
Almost time for Passover dinner and the assembled guests are shifting their interests from songs to soup. At the apex of the Seder, we point to the Passover symbols and begin […]
Passover “Weight” Loss
The cleaning process in anticipation of Passover has us removing leavened foods from our pantries. We also find items other than breads and cereals which need to be discarded. And […]
Going Out
It’s time for spring cleaning, a lead-up to Passover’s journeying of renewal and liberation from narrow places. Bounding beyond the narrow (tzar) troubles (tzarot) of bondage in “Egypt” (Mitzrayim) toward freedom […]
Evan J. Krame was ordained as a rabbi by the