Writing

Our parashah of Beshalach opens with:  וַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒...

Hey there, you, shattered in a thousand pieces Weeping in...

Introduction: There’s levels to this  This week’s parashah of Va’eira...

I remember being a music director at WMUC, in Maryland....

Carrie Fisher used to say, “take your broken heart, make...

It seems that each of our lives is a string...

We saw last week that Yosef’s karma came quickly: everything...

Blessings don’t come easily in this world. Everything of great...

We all have encountered Esavs in our lives, whether as...

So much of emunah (faith) and connectedness revolve around sleep...

It seems that in almost every moment of our lives...

The Talmud teaches that “In the merit of righteous women,...

It’s been a tough week for me personally, and I...

Most of us find it challenging to truly go inward....

This week is the famous story of Noach and the...

This parashah of Bereishit, especially the first aliyah, contains almost...

When I was a kid, I didn’t like that my...

My mom (Frida Levona bat Shalom) taught Talmud to women,...

I love writing, I love making music and I dig...

The Rashbam says the entire book of Devarim (Deuteronomy) is...

As we touched on in parashat Ki Teitzei, another way...

I’ve been to Israel so many times, it would be...

I was at the minyan I’m almost always at on...

The title of this Dvar is a wink to my...

“His [God’s] tzedakah endures forever.” As I read these words...

When I was living in Bushwick, NY, my roommate Aaron...

“This Torah shall not be removed from your mouth”  Rabbi...

My mom was born in 47, and would have been...

Tisha B’av is the most somber day in the Jewish...

Thinking about nedarim (vows) in this parashah brought to mind...

My Great-grandfather (Saba Shelomo, pictured here with my mom and...

There’s one kind of religious thought, which now feels antiquated,...

I want to apologize if this dvar is shorter and...

“The best fighter is never angry.” ― Lao Tzu Being...

יִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶם֮ רַב־לָכֶם֒ כִּ֤י כָל־הָֽעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים...

“Out of sight, out of mind” is a very truthful...

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לְ֠חֹבָ֠ב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵ֣ל הַמִּדְיָנִי֮ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֒ נֹסְעִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙...

יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ ה’ וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ יָאֵ֨ר ה’ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ יִשָּׂ֨א ה’...

This week, we near the end of Sefirat HaOmer, the...

This month is devoted to mental health and breaking the...

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י...

If you’ve been reading the dvar Torahs I have been...

Ahava (ah-ha-va)/אהבה/love. In Hebrew, the root word for ‘love’ is...

“My kedusha (holiness) is greater than yours.” –  The Maggid...

“Everyone must have two pockets, with a note in each...

This weekly Light of Infinite project began on the Yartzeit...

This year, I spent Second Seder with my chevruta and...

Growing up, Pesach (Passover) was always a big deal– preparing...

Yemenite Jews are our strongest link to the ancient Holy...

The Torah goes into an incredible amount of detail about...

I love to daven/thank/celebrate Hashem (or as Jim Morrison would...

In last week’s Torah portion we learned about the Mikdash;...

“Tzedakah and acts of kindness are the equivalent of all...

When Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked Rabbi Everett Gendler to...