Dear friends  This Jewish New Year, I made a commitment to write a snippet of the weekly Torah portion beginning with Bereshit. Who could have imagined that our world, our…

Dear friends The assault on truth which is all around us, was twice made especially poignant to me this week. The first involved an interview from a few weeks ago…

Dear friends There are many reasons I love our traditions and this week’s Parshat Toldot is one. Right at the onset we are told three distinct stories about Yaakov (Jacob),…

Dear friends In normal times, this week’s Parsha is an absolute gold mine. The challenge would have been where to focus our attention. On Avraham’s extreme generosity to three dirty…

Dear friends We are living through some very dark times. I’m still finding it entirely overwhelming to process the events of October 7th. As a human being, I am stunned and nauseous. I simply can’t relate to such depravity happening in…

Dear friends It has been two long weeks since the horrific acts of Hamas that have shaken us to our core. It’s been only a few days since the tragedy…