Category: Shabbat
The Importance of Lived Judaism
שִׁמְעוֹן בְּנוֹ אוֹמֵר, כָּל יָמַי גָּדַלְתִּי בֵין הַחֲכָמִים, וְלֹא מָצָאתִי לַגּוּף טוֹב אֶלָּא שְׁתִיקָה. […]
Can we Avoid Doubt?
:רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה לְךָ רַב, וְהִסְתַּלֵּק מִן הַסָּפֵק, וְאַל תַּרְבֶּה לְעַשֵּׂר אֹמָדוֹת […]
Shammai’s Gems to Live By
:שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה תוֹרָתְךָ קֶבַע. אֱמֹר מְעַט וַעֲשֵׂה הַרְבֵּה, וֶהֱוֵי מְקַבֵּל אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם […]
Self Advocacy and Empathy
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי. וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי לְעַצְמִי, מָה אֲנִי. וְאִם […]
D’var Torah: Loving and Pursuing Peace – and Loving Humankind
Pirkei Avot 1:12 teaches: “Hillel and Shammai received [the oral tradition] from them. Hillel […]
The Three Pillars of the World
Pirkei Avot 1:2 teaches: “Shimon the Righteous was one of the last of the […]
Shmitah and Yovel: Working with God to Perfect our World
Parshat Behar introduces the concepts of Shmitah (letting the land lay fallow one year […]
D’var Torah: Loving Leviticus is as Easy as 1, 2, 3….
When I worked at the JCC in Houston, our adult education program had a […]
D’var Torah: When Moshe Looked into Their Faces
There are some wonderful commentaries on this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tissa, that promote […]
D’var Torah: Beshalach – Acknowledging our Everyday Miracles
In our reading the last few weeks of Sefer Shemot, we have seen many […]