Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 11, 2021
The description of the desert tabernacle (Mishkan) is truly a magnificent picture drawn with words. You can read it here. Countless generations of readers [...]
The description of the desert tabernacle (Mishkan) is truly a magnificent picture drawn with words. You can read it here. Countless generations of readers [...]
This week’s Torah portion is filled with gems. After Moses calls upon the Israelites to contribute skills and goods for the desert sanctuary [...]
Yesterday I wrote about how the Torah portion could be read to address the importance of upholding empathy even as we embrace our [...]
How do we deal with troubling texts from our Jewish tradition? That’s an important question posed by the second sentence of this week’s [...]
"Six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is a sabbath of the ETERNAL your God: you [...]
I love live music and especially enjoy the feeling you get when you share that experience with a friend. Saturday, January 25, 2020, [...]
There are striking similarities between Purim and Passover and one crucial difference that is instructive. Both holidays are set in the Diaspora—Passover in [...]
Last year’s Purim Carnival was held in person on our campus almost exactly one year ago on March 8, 2020. At the time, [...]
“Do not make for yourself any molten gods.” (Exodus 34:17) It's not surprising that this week's Torah portion includes this commandment. After all, [...]
לַיְּהוּדִים הָיְתָה אוֹרָה וְשִׂמְחָה, וְשָׂשֹׂן וִיקָר The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor. (Esther 8:16) Last night, many of us gathered together [...]