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These last few weeks have been, shall we say, challenging, interesting, frightening, and, for some, energizing. For may of us Boomers, there has been a little [Read more...]

What a week it has been. How many of us were watching some of the events of these past days and were thrown back to watching 1968? We saw the image of the knee on Mr. [Read more...]

I am watching part of my city  burn. I am watching the blocks around my old office be trashed, stores looted and pain and frustration be manifest in ways I foolishly thought [Read more...]

As we begin to wind down our Pirke Avot study between Passover and Shavuot, let me suggest that this week’s text again speaks to all of us in so many different ways. [Read more...]

As we continue to honor the tradition of Pirke Avot study between Passover and Shavuot, let me offer up this week’s text, from Avot [4:20] (see Sefaria translation). [Read more...]

This week, for our text study from Pirke Avot, let me suggest Avot [2:16]. The beginning of this passage is known to many. Rabbi Tarfon used to say, it is not your duty [Read more...]

As we continue our journey from Passover to Shavuot, we suggest looking at a section for this week’s Pirke Avot study from Avot 2:7. This is a long paragraph that [Read more...]

Shalom. One of the traditions that deserves some attention is that of studying the Pirke Avot (Sayings of the Fathers) on Shabbatot between Passover and Shavuot (May 28 is [Read more...]