Tidying Up
The ETERNAL spoke to Moses, saying: Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person [...]
For Our Many Blessings
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback There’s a blessing for seeing an elephant. This might surprise you but, when you pause to think about it, [...]
Shifra and Puah
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback This week's Torah portion, the last of 2018 and the first of the book of Exodus, tells of Pharaoh’s [...]
God is Here
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback This week’s parasha tells of a ladder connecting Heaven and Earth. The rabbis, centuries later, taught that when two [...]
Message in the wake of the violence in Pittsburgh
Our tradition teaches that Shabbat is a time for celebration, rest, and renewal. It is our day of peace, our day of wholeness, [...]
Out of the darkness there was a voice: “Let there be light.” And there was light.
By Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Light from darkness... It’s what we’ve been working so hard at these past few weeks. Our prayers... Our turning [...]
Shabbat Shuva and Our Time for Turning
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Tomorrow is Shabbat Shuva – the Sabbath which falls between the New Year and the Day of Atonement. The Sabbath of [...]
Announcing a Transformative Gift to Stephen Wise Temple and Schools
Dear friends, On the eve of the New Year, I’m pleased to share some wonderful news. With a vision to create the finest [...]
Blessed
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback A chapter closed for me this week: my oldest daughter went away to college. Jacqueline and I are [...]
Ten Days of Turning
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback וּבַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה אֵֽינְכֶם֙ מַאֲמִינִ֔ם בַּה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ Yet for all that, you have no faith in the ETERNAL your [...]