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August 04, 2006 Who will cry for Israel? This past Wednesday, August 2nd, the holy day of Tisha b’Av was observed…the day on which we mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. We fast…we sit on the floor and reflect on the tragedies that have befallen our People…we cry. We read Continue Reading »
October 13, 2005 A little boy carried his bat and ball into his backyard and said, “I am the best batter in the world.” He tossed the ball up, swung and missed. Again he said, “I am the best batter in the world,” and tossed the ball up again, took a big swing and missed Continue Reading »
October 12, 2005 Of all the holy days on the Jewish calendar – from Rosh Hashanah through Shavuot – tonight is my favorite. Even more than Passover! How can that be? How can a service devoted to introspection, resolve and especially remorse, be my favorite service of the year? It is because of the Kol Continue Reading »
October 04, 2005 When I was seven or eight years old, I told a friend to “shut up.” I no longer recall what prompted it. When my mother heard about it a few hours later, she sat me down and told me in no uncertain terms that I was not to speak to anyone in Continue Reading »
January 08, 2005 Whenever we open the pages of a prayerbook or turn to text of the Torah, the traditional prayers and the Biblical narratives are always the same. The story lines never change. Heroes and heroines, patriarchs and matriarchs, rebels and dysfunctional siblings, dreamers and visionaries, cynics and doubters, all play their roles and Continue Reading »
May 15, 2004 There is so much to admire in this week’s Torah Portion. We are commanded by God to allow the land to replenish itself. Just as we need rest from the rigors of work, so too does the earth. We enable it to renew itself, undisturbed by human hands that would otherwise be Continue Reading »
October 05, 2003 I have always found the Kol Nidrei to be the most evocative prayer and melody in our tradition. As I hear the words chanted, I am transfixed and transformed, moving through time and space to a place that feels remarkably familiar. The Kol Nidrei sings and speaks to us of vows and Continue Reading »
July 05, 2002 I see them every time a distant battle is commemorated. I hear them interviewed every July 4th and on Memorial Day. Many now walk with unsure steps, often aided by canes, or they sit in wheelchairs, eyes squinting in the sun. They wear jackets inscribed with the names of their units, and Continue Reading »
February 15, 2002 In this week’s Torah Portion, we read about gifts which led to the establishment of the first Jewish communal structure: the tabernacle. In the words of the Torah, this portable sanctuary was the combined effort of “every person whose heart so moved him” {Exodus 25:2}. Here is a different version of the Continue Reading »
September 30, 1998 Among the several books that I read this summer, two are significant because of the memories and messages that they provide. One book is entitled Tuesdays With Morrie – An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Great Lesson {Doubleday, 1997} written by Mitch Albom, and the other is Messages From My Continue Reading »