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Continuing the Journey
A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step. How does a journey of three thousand years begin? When Abram's father, Terach, leaves Ur to go to Canaan, there is no obvious motivation for this journey. In fact, he settles down before reaching his intended destination. Did he, like many of us, just…
Steak Dinner for Noah?
I found one of the most absurd moments in Torah in the reading for this week, parashat Noah. One particular verse made me lose my appetite and tested my theology. That’s a lot for one Torah reading. We read that for forty days and forty nights Noah, his family, and an assemblage of the animals…
False Starts and the Art of Renewal
Beginnings tend to be messy: ask anyone who's ever given birth, tilled the soil, sculpted, composed, or built something to last. By their nature, beginnings tend to begin unformed and void, at first dark and uncertain, then haltingly lurch toward something-ness. Each year, Jews recycle Torah and begin its reading anew. This week we again…
Creation and the Sukkah
Sukkot – the holiday called the time of our joy, Z’man Simchateinu. The sukkah, the structure which we erect for the holiday of sukkot evokes both the time of wandering in the wilderness during which time God provided us with food and protection and the huts used during the harvest season, the culmination of a…
Have We Forgotten How to Remember?
For nearly 30 years I have practiced as a lawyer in the field of trusts and estates. I’ve referred to it as a practice in death, dying and disability. Not the comedy portion of the law. As a Rabbi, I’m called upon to officiate at funerals and unveilings. This past Shabbat I sat with a couple…
The Poem of Your LIfe
What a week we've reached! The Days of Awe, days of introspection, Yom Kippur, rehearsing death (reminding us of our impermanent lives), reaching for the angels of our better and purest nature, ushering in the harvest of Sukkot. It's a lot. It's the whole cycle of time, the inner work of a lifetime, telescoped into…
High Holiday Poetry Slam
Have you been to a poetry slam? It’s a form of poetry competition. The poets present their works in a struggle for dominance. One doesn’t naturally associate poetry with a sport. Drop any notion of poetry as a lovely art form. The poems presented are often confrontational and clever. There is no chance Elizabeth Barrett…
Jewish Mindfulness
I have a friend who makes the most delicious challah. Every week she creates beautiful sweet challah that is the edible definition of "hiddur mitzvah', enhancing a mitzvah. Every week she made challah for her family and our Torah study group. One week the challah tasted just a bit different, it was almost the same…
The Words We Pray
It's just like Passover in September (not Christmas in July), but with a High Holy Day spiritual message about gratitude and the means of spiritual growth. This week's Torah portion (Ki Tavo) features the Passover Haggadah's re-telling of the journey from bondage to liberation: "My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt…
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