Kol Bo
DAVAR ACHER (Alternative commentary) : Parsha Vayakhel
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, offers an alternate commentary on this week’s parsha, Vayakhel. [Read more…]
Month: February 2022
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 2/25/2022: Rabbi Barry Block, editor, “The Social Justice Torah Commentary”
Rabbi Address chats with Rabbi Barry Block, editor of The Mussar Torah Commentary: A Spiritual Path to Living a Meaningful and Ethical Life, is this week’s guest on the Seekers of Meaning Podcast. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20): Shadow or Shelter
In this week’s portion we meet the project manager, so to speak, of the Tabernacle construction project. Betzalel (35:20) is introduced to us as one who has been endowed with divine spirit of skill and [Read more…]
Blog
Alert: The Crisis in Caregiving is Here!
The United States has no comprehensive approach to caregiving or the caregiver. Rabbi Address introduces Caregiver: The Movie” as a starting point for discussions. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 2/18/2022: Noam Zion, Author of “Sanctified Sex”
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address chats with Noam Zion, author of the new book, Sanctified Sex: The Two-Thousand-Year Jewish Debate on Marital Intimacy. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) Be Careful What We Worship
Whom or what do you worship? That is a very powerful theme that we can contemplate this Shabbat. Ki Tissa deals with the story of the Golden Calf, the idol created to substitute for Moses [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of One of the World’s Oldest Cities
In the book Under Jerusalem, author Andrew Lawler paints an accurate and compelling picture of what lies beneath the old city. The introductory pages include a timeline of the old city beginning in 3000 BCE [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 2/11/2022: Dr. Robert Singer, Virtua Health cardiologist, on heart health
Rabbi Address discusses heart health with Robert Andrew Singer, M.D., F.A.C.C. Dr. Singer is the chief of cardiology and medical director of the non-invasive cardiology lab at Virtua South, Voorhees, New Jersey. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Guest D’var Torah: Inner and Outer Lights
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, finds messages about our inner light in this week’s Torah portion. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Do Jews Celebrate Valentine’s Day? (Revisited)
Sandy Taradash reflects on Jews and Valentine’s Day in the wake of the COVID pandemic. [Read more…]