This week, Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, MA, discusses his experience as a Reform rabbi with roots in the more traditional Sephardi Jewish community. [Read more…]
Eikev is a challenging portion. There are moral issues here (7:16ff,). Also the challenges described by God between the blessings of following the commandments and the promised punishments if we fail. There is even the proof [Read more…]
Retired Toronto executive David Kwechansky recalls the secret mitzvah mission he undertook to smuggle prayerbooks behind the Iron Curtain. [Read more…]
This week, Connie Zweig, Ph.D., discusses her forthcoming book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from ROLE to SOUL. [Read more…]
This is a powerful Torah portion. How can it not be with the 10 Commandments repeated (5) and the Sh’ma (6:4). Torah study classes this Shabbat will have their hands full. As I was looking at some [Read more…]
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi reflects on the upcoming Tisha B’av observance and its ability to take us from bereavement to redemption and hope. [Read more…]
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi, the spiritual leader of the Malverne Jewish Center, Malverne, NY, discusses her book project that will encompass Torah wisdom commentaries written “by elders, for elders.” [Read more…]
A guest d’var Torah from Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC. [Read more…]
Ted Doyle of LCB Senior Living provides advice for families considering a senior living plan for a loved one. [Read more…]
We come to the end of Numbers this Shabbat. A double portion that presents us with several issues, from family dynamics (the Daughters of Zelophechad (35), to calendar and the issue of vows (30). There [Read more…]
Copyright © Rabbi Richard Address. All rights reserved. Site designed and maintained by The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC
