The Struggle for Hope: A D’var on Harvey Milk & Vayishlach
[Today is the 34th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk] Harvey Milk, ז’’ל, spent the last decade of his life committed to fighting for civil rights not only for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...
View ArticleA D’var on Bullying and Vayeishev
Bullying has become a bit of an epidemic in America. Over the last fews years it has finally received the type of airtime it should have been getting all along. Unfortunately the catalyst for all the...
View ArticleLabor Day! D’var on Behar-Bechukotai
In this week’s parsha we learn that “G-d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and said … Six years you may plant your fields … and the seventh year shall be a Sabbath, you shall not plant.”[1] Wait… G-d wants...
View ArticleWhere are you?
On Tisha b’Av (The Ninth of Av) it is traditional for Jews to read the Book of Lamentations, also known in Hebrew as אֵיכָה (Eichah) since this is the first word in the book. In this instance אֵיכָה...
View ArticlePlace these words upon your heart…
And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for ornaments between your eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:6 & 8)...
View Article19th day of Elul: Authenticity
When G-d told Abraham, in Parsha Lech Lecha, to “Leave your land, your birthplace, the home of your parents, and go to a land I will show you,” G-d was giving us a blueprint for becoming our own...
View ArticleLabor Day! D’var on Behar-Bechukotai
In this week’s parsha we learn that “G-d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and said … Six years you may plant your fields … and the seventh year shall be a Sabbath, you shall not plant.”[1] Wait… G-d wants...
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