Wise Words – Monday, December 1, 2025
You’ll read these words just before Giving Tuesday, the bottom side of that sandwich topped by Thanksgiving and filled with the days of indulgent consumerism [...]
Wise Words – Monday, November 24, 2025
What is the very first thing you do when you wake up? For many of us, it might be hitting the snooze [...]
Wise Words – Monday, November 17, 2025
As we prepare to usher in the Jewish month of Kislev this Thursday night, we can see the days growing shorter. We can [...]
Wise Words – Monday, November 10, 2025
In this week’s Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, our matriarch, Sarah, dies. וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה׃ [...]
Wise Words – Monday, November 3, 2025
30 Years Since Rabin Over this past summer, I read Ayelet Tsabari’s somewhat autobiographical novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted (recommend!). While it is mostly [...]
Wise Words – Monday, October 27, 2025
Shalom to the wonderful Stephen Wise Temple community! My name is Joshua Less and I am so thrilled to be the Rabbinic [...]
Wise Words – Monday, October 20, 2025
A week ago today, we were awake through the night, our hearts racing with joy and disbelief. The hostages were released. We [...]
Wise Words – Monday, October 13, 2025
Yes – there’s more! Can you name the holidays this month? Hint: all the named days (except for the intermediate days of [...]
Wise Words – Monday, October 6, 2025
Tonight, we celebrate z’man simchateinu, our season of joy, with the arrival of Sukkot, the Feast of Booths. For our agrarian ancestors, the joy behind [...]
Wise Words – Monday, September 29, 2025
Ever since I was little, the High Holy Days have felt different from all other holidays. Even as a child, before I [...]