By Rabbi Seymour RosselParashat Vayetzei Jacob’s dream at Beth-El has fascinated creative folk from his day to ours. The image opens this week’s portion, Vayetzei. “Jacob left Beersheba … came…

By Cantor Sheri AllenParashat Toldot So there we were, sitting at the kitchen table: me and my younger siblings, Mark and Jill. I must’ve been no older than 10, and,…

By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Chayei Sarah The focus in the Torah readings of the past few weeks has been the lives of our forefather Abraham and his wife Sarah, the…

By Rabbi Michael Tevya CohenParashat Vayera At the very end of last week’s parasha, Lech Lecha, Abraham, Ishmael and his whole household are circumcised. This week, Vayera opens with Abraham,…

By Rabbi Ari SunshineParashat Lech Lecha A number of years ago, renowned columnist David Brooks wrote a piece for The New York Times talking about the difference between “the Well-Planned…

By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Noah The stories in the beginning of the first book of Bereisheet (Genesis) are among the most famous and fascinating. And sometimes, because they have become…

By Rabbi Howard WolkParashat Beresheet This d’var Torah is dedicated to the memory of Sgt. Ari Weiss, z”l, of the IDF, son of our dear friends, Susie and Rabbi Stewart…

Sukkot 2022 By Cantor Sheri Allen I remember that morning well, even though it was about 15 years ago. I woke up to the sound of wind, and an unusual…

By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Haazinu Long before Shakespeare’s famous line “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” Moses put forth, in Hebraic efficiency, a similar expression — only he was…

By Rabbi Nancy KastenParashat Vayelekh None of us lives forever. We pray to be written into the Book of Life for the coming year while knowing that death is inescapable.…