This parasha invites us to check a very special process: the one about how a complicated, intricate and twisted person in his...

וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י עֵשָׂ֗ו אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ צַ֖יִד אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֶ֑ה וְיַעֲקֹב֙ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֔ם יֹשֵׁ֖ב אֹהָלִֽים׃ וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב...

The book of Melachim begins with the story of the old King David. An image that shows a king who can no longer rule his kingdom, nor his...

What an amazingly rich parasha! Rich in feelings, in challenges, in renunciations, in confrontations, in transgressions. It narrates the...

Dear Friends, How different and wonderful it was to have the pleasure of observing our High Holy Days at 1607 Genesee Street again. Many...

As you read this, the high holy days of 5783 are in the books. It was a busy time, as it is every year. I would like to show my...

Is Judaism “abortionist”? A question that may bother many. A sensitive issue that divides societies and, in American society, it seems to...

“The Lord said to Avram: Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house.” What can this be compared to? To a man who travels from...

Probably the most well-known pasuk in our parashah this week is the first: Noach ish tzadik hayah bedorotav. Noach was a righteous man in...

We start again. The cycle that we hope will never be interrupted, in which we finish the reading of the Torah and immediately restart it...

Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, is the Megilah we read in the Sukkot. It reminds us that there is a time for everything in life, while wondering...

Who could say goodbye to this world singing? The melodies of Yamim Norayim still resound in our ears. If we could choose, perhaps, like...

My thanks to all who came to the retirement brunch for me in August, as well as those who wanted to, but came up hard against the...

Dear Friends, It is again time to welcome our High Holy Days, to share the New Year 5783 with family and friends. The days change but the...

On August 21st, we had a retirement party to honor Cantor Kal Socolof. Many of you were present for the brunch and delightful time that...

When I was a child I was lucky enough to learn Hebrew and Judaism in a way that I only understood when I became an adult. The Hebrew...

The marathon has already started. We are going through the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. We are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuvah,...

Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei Adonai— “All of you today stand tall before the Creator.” Thus begins our parasha. It speaks to all of...

Parashat Ki-Tavo includes, as usually happens, in the last sections, many references to mitzvot of which Moshe reminds the People of...

We are already aware that we are going through the month of Elul. If you haven't started your personal review for the year that is about...