This Shabbat we begin the reading of our Torah again with Parashat B’reisheet, the very first portion of the five books. It includes two stories [...]

Sukkot is known as z’man simchateinu—the season of our joy. We rejoice spiritually and perhaps even existentially because we have made it to the [...]

We have shared so many words together over these past few weeks—prayers, songs, and sermons; “yashar koach”s, “g’mar chatimah tovah”s and comments with [...]

As we move through these Days of Awe, we hope that these readings and excerpts from Sha’ar HaShamayim, our Stephen Wise Temple machzor, will deepen [...]

A story is told about Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditzev (1740-1809). One year, a few days before Yom Kippur, he was standing in [...]

In just a few more days, the New Year will be upon us. Whether you will attend our services in person or join us [...]

Rabbi Hayim Halberstam of Tzanz (1793–1876) related this parable: A man was lost in a forest for several days. He tried and tried [...]

Rabbi Harold Schulweis shares a beautiful lesson about the shofar that was taught to him by Natan Sharansky, the famous refusenik who later immigrated to [...]

There is a story told by Rabbi Albert Lewis about a man named Joe. During his lunch break at work, Joe took a [...]